MARTIN'S 


BENCH  AND  BAR 


OF 


PHILADELPHIA 


Together  with  other  Lists  of  persons  appointed  to  Administer 

the  Laws  in  the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  and 

the  Province  and  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania 


BY      , 

JOHN    HILL    MARTIN 

OF    THE    PHILADELPHIA    BAR 


OF  C 


PHILADELPHIA 

KKKS   WELSH   &  CO.,  PUBLISHERS 
No.  19  South  Ninth  Street 

1883 


Entered  according  to  the  Act  of  Congress, 
On  the  12th  day  of  March,  in  the  year  1883, 

BY  JOHN  HILL  MARTIN, 

In  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress, 

at  Washington,  D.  C. 


W.  H.  PILE,  PRINTER, 

No.  422  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia. 


Stack 
Annex 

5 


PREFACE. 


IT  has  been  no  part  of  my  intention  in  compiling  these  lists 
entitled  "The  Bench  and  Bar  of  Philadelphia,"  to  give  a  history 
of  the  organization  of  the  Courts,  but  merely  names  of  Judges, 
with  dates  of  their  commissions;  Lawyers  and  dates  of  their  ad- 
mission, and  lists  of  other  persons  connected  with  the  administra- 
tion of  the  Laws  in  this  City  and  County,  and  in  the  Province  and 
Commonwealth.  Some  necessary  information  and  notes  have  been 
added  to  a  few  of  the  lists.  And  in  addition  it  may  not  be  out  of 
place  here  to  state  that  Courts  of  Justice,  in  what  is  now  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Pennsylvania,  were  first  established  by  the  Swedes,  in 
1642,  at  New  Gottenburg,  nowTinicum,  by  Governor  John  Printz, 
who  was  instructed  to  decide  all  controversies  according  to  the 
laws,  customs  and  usages  of  Sweden.  What  Courts  he  established 
and  what  the  modes  of  procedure  therein,  can  only  be  conjectur- 
ed by  what  subsequently  occurred,  and  by  the  record  of  Upland 
Court.  It  is  said  that  the  English  after  the  conquest  of  the  lands 
on  the  Delaware,  concluded  not  to  make  any  violent  change  in 
the  administration  of  justice  as  it  then  existed  under  the  Dutch 
rule,  following  the  good  example  of  the  Dutch,  wh'o,  on  taking 
possession  of  the  country  in  1664,  permitted  the  Swedish  magis- 
trates to  remain  in  office.  So  we  find  that  there  was  sitting  at 
Upland  (Chester)  on  August  18,  1672,  a  Court  with  titles  and 
powers  unknown  to  the  English  law,  its  powers  appearing  to 
have  been  legislative  as  well  as  judicial.  At  what  time  the  seat 
of  justice  was  removed  from  New  Gottenburg  to  Upland,  is  not 
definitely  known.  Stuyvesant  met  the  Swedish  Magistrates  and 
Sheriff  at  Tinicum,  in  1658,  but  the  records  of  the  Court  there, 
as  well  as  the  records  of  the  Upland  Court  prior  to  November  14, 
1676,  are  lost.  See  Upland  Record,  4.3. 

Under  William  Penh,  1681,  a  new  order  of  things  took  place, 
and  as  Peter  McCall,  Esq.,  in  his  discourse  before  the  Law 
Academy,  on  September  5,  1838,  p.  7,  says: 


IV  PREFACE. 

"The  first  organization  of  the  Courts  was  admirable  for  its 
simplicity  and  convenience.  The  County  Court,  in  the  days  of 
Alfred  and  Egbert,  a  tribunal  'of  great  dignity  and  splendour.' 
was  drawn  from  the  obscurity  into  which  it  had  sunk  after  the 
Norman  invasion,  and  was  made  the  ground-work  of  the  edifice. 
It  was  composed  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace  of  the  several 
counties,  with  an  appeal  to  the  Provincial  or  Supreme  Court. 
The  Provincial  Court  originally  consisted  of  five  Judges.  The 
number  afterwards  varied  from  five  to  three,  who  went  their 
Circuits  every  fall  and  spring  in  each  county.  To  it  belonged 
the  cognizance  of  the  higher  criminal  offences,  and  all  appeals 
from  the  County  Courts,  both  in  law  and  equity.  To  complete 
the  structure  were  added  the  Quarter  Sessions  and  Orphans' 
Court,  and  the  Admiralty.  Such  was  the  plan  of  the  Judicial 
system  established  at  the  settlement  of  the  Colony;  so  simple,  yet 
convenient  in  its  arrangements,  that  though  frequent  alterations 
were  made  in  its  details  by  subsequent  legislation,  the  general 
outline  remains  to  the  present  day  a  standing  proof  of  its  endur- 
ing excellence." 

In  addition  to  the  regular  County  Court,  a  tribunal  was  estab- 
lished by  Act  of  March  10,  1683-4,  called  the  Peace-Makers, 
consisting  of  three  persons,  who  held  their  appointment  from  the 
Court.  Their  duties  seem  to  have  been  somewhat  analogous  to 
those  of  Arbitrators.  Their  judgment,  however,  when  certified  to 
the  Court,  was  conclusive  of  its  sentence. 

The  County  Courts  were  early  (1685)  made  Courts  of  Equity 
as  well  as  Law,  but  the  Law  and  Equity  sides  were  distinct, 
though  held  by  the  same  Justices,  except  that  when  sitting  in 
Equity  they  were  called  Commissioners,  as  will  be  seen  by  refer- 
ence to  the  minutes  of  the  Courts  of  Chester  County,  (all  the 
Records  of  the  Common  Pleas  of  Philadelphia,  previous  to  1789, 
are  missing.)  See  Dr.  Smith's  History  of  Delaware  Co.,  161. 

The  foot  notes  to  Dallas'  Laws,  in  the  different  Acts  relative 
to  the  organization  of  the  Courts,  are  interesting  in  this  connec- 
tion, (see  /  Dallas,  172-74,  &c.,)  as  are  also  the  sketch  of  the 
Court  of  Equity  given  by  Henry  William  Rawle,  Esq.,  in  his 
discourse  before  the  Law  Academy,  February  n,  1868,  and  the 
address  of  the  Hon.  James  T.  Mitchell,  one  of  the  Judges  of  the 
late  District  Court,  at  its  final  adjournment  on  January  4,  1875. 

This  introduction  would  hardly  be  perfect  without  reference 


PREFACE.  V 

to  the  former  lists  of  admissions  to  the  Bar,  and  lists  of  our  law- 
yers that  have  appeared  in  print,  viz: 

The  Members  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar.  A  complete  catalogue 
from  July,  1776,  to  July,  1855,  by  R.  F.  Williams,  Philadelphia, 
1855,  pp.  50. 

A  Catalogue  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar,  admitted  between  June 
i,  1855,  and  January  i,  1861  ;  compiled  from  the  records  of  the 
several  Courts  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  by  Horace  L.  Peter- 
son, Esq.  Printed  by  King  &  Baird,  1861.- 

A  List  of  Admissions  to  the  Philadelphia  Bar  from  1855  to 
1867,  will  be  found  in  The  Age  newspaper  of  January  i,  1867. 

The  Philadelphia  Bar,  a  complete  catalogue  of  the  Members 
from  1776  to  1868,  by  E.  Cooper  Shapley  and  David  Paul 
Brownf  Jr.,  Esquires;  Philadelphia,  1868,  pp.  53. 

The  offering  of  the  carrier  of  the  Legal  Gazette  to  its  patrons, 
December  25,  1871,  being  a  list  of  the  practising  lawyers  of  the 
Philadelphia  Bar,  arranged  according  to  seniority  of  admission, 
with  the  dates  thereof,  to  February  23,  1871 ;  pp.  7. 

"  List  of  the  practicing  Members  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar,"  with 
the  dates  of  their  admission.  Printed  by  John  Campbell  &  Sons, 
October  10,  1879;  PP-  I0- 

Directory  of  the  Members  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar,  being  a  list 
of  the  practising  Attorneys,  and  the  location  of  their  offices ;  a 
pocket  edition,  by  Richard  C.  Winship,  Esq.,  1879;  PP-  34 >  2n^ 
edition,  1881;  pp.  38;  3rd  edition,  1883;  pp.  48. 

The  Philadelphia  Legal  Directory,  for  the  use  of  the  profession, 
giving  a  list  of  the  practising  Lawyers,  with  the  location  of  their 
offices,  &c.  Compiled  by  E.  C.  Markley  &  Son,  1882;  pp.  14. 

The  Philadelphia  Directories,  from  1854  to  1868,  published 
each  year  a  list  of  the  practising  Lawyers,  and  similar  lists  have 
been  continued  in  "The  Philadelphia  Business  Directory"  and 
in  "  Boyd's  Business  Directory,"  since  1868. 

Among  the  many  customs  imported  from  England,  relative  to 
the  members  of  the  legal  profession,  is  the  practice  of  carrying 
their  briefs  and  papers  to  Court  in  what  are  termed  "Lawyer 
bags."  The  profession  generally,  until  after  the  Civil  War  of 
1861-5,  carried  green  bags,  though  a  few  of  the  older  lawyers 
varied  the  custom  by  using  those  of  a  blue  color,  but  red  bags 
are  a  modern  innovation,  within  the  last  ten  years. 

In  this  connection  the  following  article  from  Jeaffreson's  book 


VI  PREFACE. 

about  lawyers  may  not  be  deemed  inappropriate,  but  a  fitting 
conclusion  to  the  introduction  of  this  work  to  the  profession, 
wherein  I  have  striven  to  rescue  from  oblivion  the  names  of  the 
good  men  and  true  who  have  labored  on  the  Bench  and  at  the 
Bar  of  Philadelphia. 

"On  the  stage  of  the  Carolina  theatres,  the  lawyer  is  found 
with  a  green  bag  in  his  hand ;  the  same  is  the  case  in  the  litera- 
ture of  Queen  Anne's  reign ;  and  until  a  comparatively  recent 
date,  green  bags  were  generally  carried  in  Westminster  Hall  and 
in  provincial  Courts  by  the  great  body  of  legal  practitioners. 
From  Wycherley's  'Plain  Dealer,'  it  appears  that  in  the  time  of 
Charles  II.,  angry  clients  were  accustomed  to  revile  their  lawyers 
as  'green-bag  carriers.'  When  the  litigious  widow  Blackacre 
upbraids  the  barrister  who  declines  to  argue  for  her,  she  exolaims  : 
'  Impertinent  again,  and  ignorant  to  me !  Gad's  boddikins !  You 
puny  upstart  in  the  law,  to  use  me  so;  you  green-bag  carrier;  you 
murderer  of  unfortunate  causes,  the  clerk's  ink  is  scarce  off  your 
fingers.'  In  the  same  drama — making  much  play  with  the  green 
bag — Wycherley  indicates  the  widow  Blackacre's  quarrelsome 
disposition  by  decorating  her  with  an  enormous  green  reticule, 
and  makes  her  son,  the  law  student,  stagger  about  the  stage  in  a 
gown  and  a  heavy  burden  of  green  bags. 

So,  also,  in  the  time  of  Queen  Anne,  to  say  that  a  man  intend- 
ed to  carry  a  green  bag,  was  the  same  as  saying  that  he  meant  to 
adopt  the  law  as  a  profession. 

In  Dr.  Arbuthnot's  History  of  John  Bull,  the  prevalence  of 
the  phrase  is  shown  by  the  passage,  '  I  am  told,  cousin  Diego, 
you  are  one  of  those  that  have  undertaken  to  manage  me,  and 
that  you  have  said  you  will  carry  a  green  bag  yourself,  rather  than 
we  shall  make  an  end  of  our  law  suit.  Til  teach  them  and  you, 
too,  to  manage.'  It  must,  however,  be  borne  in  mind  that  in 
Queen  Anne's  time,  green  bags,  like  white  bands,  were  generally 
adopted  by  solicitors  and  attorneys,  as  by  members  of  the  bar. 
In  his  'character  of  a  pettifogger,'  the  author  of  The  London  Spy, 
observes:  '  His  learning  is  commonly  as  little  as  his  honesty,  and 
his  conscience  much  larger  than  his  green  bag.' 

Some  years  have  elapsed  since  green  bags  altogether  disappear- 
ed from  our  courts  of  law ;  but  the  exact  date  of  their  disappear- 
ance has  hitherto  escaped  the  vigilance  and  research  of  Colonel 
Landman,  '  Causidicus,'  and  other  writers,  who  in  the  pages  of 


PREFACE.  Vll 

that  useful  and  very  entertaining  publication,  Notes  and  Queries, 
have  asked  for  information  on  that  point  and  kindred  questions. 
Evidence  sets  aside  the  suggestion  that  the  color  of  the  lawyer's 
bag  was  changed  from  green  to  red,  because  the  proceedings  at 
Queen  Caroline's  trial  rendered  green  bags  odious  to  the  public, 
and  even  dangerous  to  their  bearers ;  for  it  is  matter  of  certainty 
that  the  leaders  of  the  Chancery  and  Common  law  bars  carried 
red  bags  at  a  time  considerably  anterior  to  the  inquiry  into  the 
Queen's  conduct. 

In  a  letter  addressed  to  the  editor  of  Notes  and  Queries,  a 
writer  who  signs  himself  '  Causidicus,'  observes:  'When  I  entered 
the  profession  (about  fifty  years  ago)  no  junior  barrister  presumed 
to  carry  a  bag  in  the  Court  of  Chancery,  unless  one  had  been 
presented  to  him  by  a  King's  counsel,  who,  when  a  junior  was 
advancing  in  practice,  took  an  opportunity  of  complimenting 
him  on  his  increase  of  business  and  giving  him  his  own  bag  to 
carry  home  his  papers.  It  was  then  a  distinction  to  carry  a  bag, 
and  a  proof  that  a,  junior  was  rising  in  his  profession.  I  do  not 
know  whether  the  custom  prevailed  in  other  courts^'  From  this 
it  appears  that  fifty  years  since  the  bag  was  an  honorable  distinc- 
tion at  the  Chancery  bar,  giving  its  bearer  some  such  professional 
status  as  that  which  is  conferred  by  'silk,'  in  these  days  when 
Queen's  counsel  are  numerous. 

The  same  professional  usage  seems  to  have  prevailed  at  the 
Common  Law  bar  more  than  eighty  years  ago;  for  in  1780,  when 
Edward  Law  joined  the  northern  circuit  and  forthwith  received 
a  large  number  of  briefs,  he  was  complimented  by  Wallace  on 
his  success  and  presented  with  a  bag.  Lord  Campbell  asserts 
that  no  case  had  ever  .before  occurred  when  a  junior  won  the 
distinction  of  a  bag  during  the  course  of  his  first  circuit.  There 
is  no  record  of  the  date  when  members  of  the  junior  bar  received 
permission  to  carry  bags  according  to  their  own  pleasure;  it  is 
even  matter  of  doubt  whether  the  permission  was  ever  expressly 
accorded  by  the  leaders  of  the  profession,  or  whether  the  old 
restrictive  usage  died  a  gradual  and  unnoticed  death.  The 
present  writer,  however,  is  assured  that,  at  the  Chancery  bar, 
long  after  all  juniors  were  allowed  to  carry  bags,  etiquette  forbade 
them  to  adopt  bags  of  the  same  color  as  those  carried  by  their 
leaders.  An  eminent  Queen's  counsel,  who  is  a  member  of  that 
bar,  remembers  that  when  he  first  donned  a  stuff  gown,  he,  like 


Vlll  PREFACE. 

all  Chancery  juniors,  had  a  purple  bag,  whereas  the  wearers  of 
silk  at  the  same  period,  without  exception,  carried  red  bags. 

Before  a  complete  and  satisfactory  account  can  be  given  of  the 
use  of  bags  by  lawyers,  as  badges  of  honor  and  marks  of  distinc- 
tion, answers  must  be  found  for  several  questions  which  at  present 
remain  open  to  discussion.  So  late  as  Queen  Anne's  reign, 
lawyers  of  the  lowest  standing,  whether  advocates  or  attorneys, 
were  permitted  to  carry  bags — a  right  which  the  junior  bar 
appears  to  have  lost  when  Edward  Law  joined  the  northern 
circuit.  At  what  date  between  Queen  Anne's  day  and  1780 
(the  year  in  which  Lord  Ellenborough  made  his  debut  in  the 
north,)  was  this  change  effected? 

Was  the  change  gradual  or  sudden?  To  what  cause  was  it  due? 
Again,  is  it  possible  that  Lord  Campbell  and  'Causidicus'  wrote 
under  a  misapprehension,  when  they  gave  testimony  concerning 
the  usages  of  the  bar  with  regard  to  bags,  at  the- close  of  the  last 
and  the  beginning  of  the  present  century?  The  memory  of  the 
distinguished  Queen's  counsel,  to  whom  allusion  is  made  in  the 
preceding  paragraph,  is  quite  clear,  that  in  his  student  days 
Chancery  juniors  were  forbidden  by  etiquette  to  carry  red  bags, 
but  were  permitted  to  carry  blue  bags;  and  he  is  strongly  of 
opinion  that  the  restriction  to  which  Lord  Campbell  and  '  Causidi- 
cus' drew  attention  did  not  apply  at  any  time  to  blue  bags,  but 
only  concerned  red  bags,  which,  so  late  as  thirty  years  since, 
unquestionably  were  the  distinguishing  marks  of  men  in  leading 
Chancery  practice." 


CONTENTS, 


PAGE. 

Addenda,  ........  xv 

Addresses  before  the  Law  Academy,    .  .  .  .  ,.          232  < 

Additional  Appointments,          ......          184' 

Adjutants-General,         .  .  .  .  .  .  .176 

Admissions  to  the  Chester  County  Bar,  .  .  .  .         240 

Philadelphia  Bar,     .....         243 

Advocates  in  the  Vice  Admiralty,         .  .  .  .  8 

A  List  of  Attorneys  from  Directory  of  1785,  xv 

Attorneys  from  Sheriffs  Deed  Book  B,         .  .  .         237 

the  Departed  Saints  of  the  Law,       ....         239 

Directories  of  Philadelphia,  .  .  .  .  153 

Some  Old  Lawyers  of  the  Province,  .  .  .         236 

An  Act  establishing  a  Post  Office,         .  .  .  .  .126 

Assistant  City  Engineers,          .  .  .  .  .  .151 

Surveyors,  .  .  .  .  .  .151 

Attorneys-General  of  the  Province,       .....  26 

Commonwealth,         .  .  .  .  27,  184 

Lower  Counties,        ....  22 

Auditors- General,          .  .  .  .  .  .  .175 

of  Accounts,  .  .  .  .  .  .174 

Bibliography  of  the  Laws  of  Pennsylvania,  .  .  .  .185 

Pennsylvania  Reports,  ....  191 

Board  of  Public  Charities,         .  .  .  .  .  .183 

Public  Education,      .  .  .  .  .  .121 

Revision  of  Taxes,  ......  108 

Chancellors  of  the  Law  Association,     .....         220 

Court  of  Equity,       .....  63 

Chief  Justices  of  the  Provincial  Supreme  Court,  .  .  .  18,  154 

Pennsylvania,  .....  22 

the  Lower  Counties,  .....  20 

Chief  Commissioners  Department  of  Highways,  .  .  153 

Engineers  of  the  Fire  Department,  ....          109 

Engineers  and  Surveyors,  .  .  .  .  .150 

Inspector  of  the  Health  Office,    .  .  .  .  .118 

Chiefs  of  Police,  .......         108 

City  Controllers,  .......         109 

Court,         ........  59 

Solicitors,  .......  88 

Treasurers,  .  .  .  .  .  .*  .    '       IO2 

Clerks  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States,  .  .  .  12 

City  Court,  ......  61 

Common  Council,  .  .  .  .  .114 

District  Court  of  the  United  States,         ...  9 

1 


X  CONTENTS. 

FACE. 

Clerks  of  the  Mayor's  Court,    ......  77 

Orphans'  Court,  ....  71 

Provincial  Assembly,        .  .  .  .  .168 

Provincial  Council,       •  .  .  .  .  .167 

Quarter  Sessions,  ....  82 

Select  Council,    .  .  .  .  .  .114 

Collation  of  the  Session  Laws,  .  .  .  .  .211 

Collectors  of  the  Customs  (Port,)  .....          130 

Excise,     .......         107 

Delinquent  Taxes,  .....          109 

Commanders-in-Chief  of  the  United  States  Army,        .  .  .176 

Committee  of  Defence,  .  .  .  .  .  .124 

Safety, 177 

Common  Councilmen,  1701  to  1776,     .  .  .  .  no 

Commissioners  of  Charities,      .  .  ...         183 

of  Fisheries,      .  .  .  .  .  .         1 84 

of  Insolvents,    .  .  .  .  .  .81 

of  Property,       .  .  .  .  .  .172 

of  Rivers  and  Streams,  .  .  .  .184 

for  Settling  the  Colony,  .  .  .  .171 

Comptrollers-General,  .  .  .  .  .  .  175 

Controllers  of  the  City,  .  .  .  .  .  .184 

Customs,        .  .  .  .  .  .132 

Coroners,  ........         103 

Correction  in  list  of  Mayors,     .  .  .  .  .  155 

Council  of  Safety,  .  .  .  .  .  .  .178 

County  Courts  of  Philadelphia  County,  ....  36 

Court  of  Admiralty,  (a  sketch,)  .....  5 

Appeals  in  cases  of  Capture,  ..... 

Common  Pleas,  (a  sketch,)      .  .  .  '     .  48 

No.  I,  .  .  .  .  .56 

No.  2,  .  .  .  .  .56 

No.  3, 57 

No.  4, 57 

Criminal  Sessions,        ......  81 

the  County,  (a  sketch,)  .....  36 

Equity,  (Chancery,)     ......  6l 

Errors  and  Appeals,     ......  64 

General  Sessions,          ......  82 

Quarter  Sessions,          ......  36 

Department  of  Highways,         .  .  .  .  .  153 

Surveys,  .  .  .  .  .  .151 

Departed  Saints  of  the  Law,     ......         239 

Deputy  Attorneys-General,        ......  85 

Directors  of  the  United  States  Mints,     .....         135 

District  Attorneys  of  the  United  States  for  Philadelphia,  .  .  10 

Attorneys,         .......  87 

Court, ........  77 

Surveyors  and  Regulators,        .  .  .  .  .152 

Door-keepers  of  the  Provincial  Assembly,         .  .  .  .169 

Errata,   .......  .          xvi 

Escheators- General,       .  .  .  .  .  .  175 

Examiners  of  the  Court  of  Equity,         .....  63 

Fire  Marshals,  .......         109 


CONTENTS.  XI 

PAGE. 

Governors  of  Pennsylvania,       .  .  .  .  .  .162 

Harbor  Masters,  .  .  .  .  .  .  115,  184 

Health  Officers,  .  .  .  .  .  .  .117 

High  Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals,       .....'  64 

Interpreter  of  the  Quarter  Sessions,       .  .  .  .  .84 

Interpreters  of  the  Board  of  Health,     .  .  .  .  .116 

Introduction  to  the  Bench  and  Bar,       .....         234 

Judges  of  the  Admiralty,  .  .  .  .  .  .  7 

Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States,  10 

Common  Pleas,  (Associates,)       .  .  .54 

Court  of  Equity,  .....  6l 

Court  of  Errors,  ......  64 

City  Court,  .  .  .  .  ...  59 

Criminal  Sessions,  .  .  .82 

District  Court,     .  .  .  ..  .  .  79 

District  Court  of  the  United  States, 

General  Sessions,  .....  82 

High  Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals,         ...  64 

Orphans'  Court,  .  .  .  .  .  .71 

Recorder's  Court  of  Northern  Liberties,  .  .  92 

Supreme  Provincial  Court,  ....  19 

Supreme  Provincial  Court  of  the  Lower  Counties,  .  20 

United  States  Circuit  Court,  10 

United  States  District  Court,       .... 

Vice  Admiralty,  .  ,  ..  .  .  6 

Justices  for  New  Castle  County,  .  .  .  .22 

for  Sussex  County,        .  .  .  .  .  .21 

of  the  City  Court,          .......  60 

Common  Pleas,  ......  53 

County  Courts— C.  P.,  Q.  S.  and  O.  C.,  .  .  42 

Courts  of  Chester  County,  .  .  .  157 

•  Mayor's  Court,  ......  76 

Orphans'  Court,  ......  67 

Peace,  Record  of  Commissions,  .  .  .  12 

Quarter  Sessions,  .....  42 

Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania,  ...  23 

Supreme  Court  of  the  Lower  Counties  .  .  20 

Supreme   Provincial  Court,         .  .  .  .  19 

Keepers  of  the  Great  Seal,        ......         169 

Law  Academy,  .....'..         223 

a  sketch  of,        .  .  .  .  .  .         224 

Law  Association,  .  .  .  .  ...  .219 

Lazaretto  Physicians,     .  .  .  .  .  .  I2O 

Legal  Newspapers,        .  .  .  .  .  .  .198 

Lieutenant-Governors  of  the  Commonwealth,   ....          181 

List  of  Addresses  before  the  Law  Academy,     ....         232 

Admissions  to  the  Philadelphia  Bar,       ....         243 

Attorneys  from  Sheriffs  Deed  Book  B.,  .  .         237 

Chester  County  Admissions,  1682  to  1795,         .  .  .         240 

Departed  Saints  of  the  Law,      .  .  .  .  .         239 

Essays  Before  the  Law  Academy,          ....         233 


Xli  CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 

List  of  Justices  Commissioned  for  the  County  Court,    ...  28 

Justices  Commissioned  for  the  Supreme  Provincial  Court,         .  12 

Mayors  of  the  City,         .  .  ..  .  .  .  <>4 

Principal  City  Surveyors,  .  .  .  .  .150 

Some  Old  Lawyers  of  the  Province,       ....         236 

Manual  of  Councils,      .             .  .             .  .  .  .114 

Marshals  of  the  Admiralty,        ......  9 

Police,        .             .  .             .  .  .  .IO8 

Master  of  Rolls,             .             .  '  .  .  .  .104 

Masters  in  Chancery,     .             .  .             .  .  .                      »6j 

Mayor's  Court,  .             .             .  .             .  .  .  -75 

of  Northern  Liberties,  .  .             .  .  •  •           93 

of  Philadelphia,              .  ...  .  .  .94,  155 

Members  of  Congress,  .             .  .             .  .  .  .121 

Committee  of  Defence,  .             .  .  .  .124 

Committee  of  Safety,  .....         177 

Council  of  Safety,  .  .             .  .  .  .178 

Provincial  Council,  .             .  .  .  .165 

Supreme  Executive  Council,          .  .  .  179 

Naval  Officers,  .  .  .  .  133 

Navy  Agents,    .  .  .  .  .  .  .          134 

Officers  of  the  Board  of  Education,        .....         121 

Law  Academy,  ......         226 

Law  Association,  .....  220 

Orphans'  Court,  (a  sketch,)       ......  65 

Re-organized,  .  .  .  .70 

Pamphlet  Reports  of  Pennsylvania  Trials,         ....         201 

Philadelphia  Directories,  .  .  .  .  .  153 

Police  Magistrates,         .  .  .  .  .  •  97 

1'ii^t  Masters  at  Philadelphia,    .......         124 

PMt  Offices  in  Philadelphia,     .  .  .  .  .  .126 

Port  Physicians,  .  .  .  .  .  .  .116 

President  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas,  ....  52 

Judge  of  the  Orphans'  Court,  ....  70 

judges  of  the  District  Court, .  .  .  78 

Presidents  of  the  Board  of  Education,  .  .  .121 

Board  of  Health,         .  .  .  .  .115 

Board  of  Public  Charities,      .  .  .  .183 

Common  Council,       .  .  .  .  .113 

Guardfhns  of  the  Poor,  .  .  .  .115 

Senate  of  the  State,    .....          181 

Supreme  Executive  Council, ....         178 

Select  Council,  .  .  .  .  .112 

Presiding  Judges  of  the  City  Court,       ...  59 

Justices  of, the  Common  Pleas,  ....  50 

Chester  County  Courts,  .  .  .156 

Orphans  Court,  ....  67 

Quarter  Sessions,         ....  40 

Mayor's  Court,  •  •  •  •  75 

Principal  Assistant  City  Engineers,       .  .  .151 

Principal  City  Surveyors,  ....  .150 

Proprietary  Agents  for  Issuing  Law  Warrants,  .  .  173 


CONTENTS.  Xlll 

PAGE. 

Proprietary's  Secretaries,  ......          173 

Prosecuting  Attorneys,  .  .  .  .  .85 

Prothonotaries  of  the  Common  Pleas,  .....  57 

District  Court,  .....  80 

Supreme  Court,  .  .  .  .  .25 

Provosts  of  the  Law  Academy,  .....         226 

Publications  of  the  Law  Association,  .....          221 

Quarantine  Masters,       ...  .  .  .  .  .          I-2O 

Quarantine  Station,  (a  sketch,)  .  .  .  .  .118 

* 

Record  of  Commissions  of  the  County  Justices,  ...  28 

Supreme  Provincial  Justices,    .  .  13 

Recorders  of  the  City,    ......  .97,184 

Courts  of  the  Northern  Liberties,  &c.,     ...  92 

Deeds,      .......         106 

Receivers-General  of  the  Land  Office,  .  .  .  .172 

Receivers  of  Taxes,       .......         199 

Lxegisters  of  the  Admiralty,         ......  9 

in  Chancery,  ......  63 

Court,  .......          135 

General  of  Wills,        .  .....  72 

Taxes,  (Public  Accounts,)     .  .  .  .  175 

of  Wills,          .......  74 

Salaries  of  County  Officers,       ......  88 

Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Surveys,         .....          153 

Secretaries  of  the  Board  of  Education,  ....         121 

Board  of  Public  Charities,     ....         183 

Commonwealth,         .  .  .  .  .         169 

Internal  Affairs,         .  .  .  .  .174 

Land  Office,  .  .  .  .  .  173 

Province,       .  .  .  .  .  .167 

Senators  of  the  United  States  from  Pennsylvania,         .  .  .         180 

Sergeants-at-Arms  of  Provincial  Assembly,        .  .  .  .169 

Sheriffs  of  Philadelphia,  ......  99 

Solicitors  in  Chancery,  .  .  .  .  .  .  -63 

of  the  Board  of  Health,        .....  92' 

the  City,  ......  88 

the  County,  ......  89 

the  Districts,         ......  89 

the  Guardians  of  the  Poor,  ....  92 

Kensington,  .  .  .  .  .  .91 

Manayunk,  ......  92 

Moyamensing,       ......  90 

Northern  Liberties,  .....  90 

Penn  Township,  .....  91 

Richmond  ......  92 

South  wark,  .  .  .  .  .90 

Spring  Garden,     ......  91 

West  Philadelphia,  .  .  .  .92 

Speakers  of  the  Provincial  Assembly,    .....          167 

House  of  Assembly,     .  .  .  .  .  '      182 

Senate,  .  .  .  .  .  .181 

Standing  Masters  in  Chancery,  .....  24 

State  Treasurers,  .  .  .  .  .  .  .170 


XIV  CONTENTS. 

MU2B. 

Superintendents  of  the  Mint,     .              .             .             .  .                       135 

Supreme  Executive  Council,     .             .             .             .  .  .178 

Surveyors  of  the  Customs,         .             .             .             .  .  .132 

General  of  the  Customs,        .             .             .  .  .132 

General  of  Pennsylvania,      .             .              .  .                       173 

and  Regulators  of  Streets,  (a  sketch,)           .  .  .          141 

The  County  Courts  of  Philadelphia,     .             .             .  .  -3° 

Town  Clerks,     .             .             .             .             .             .  .  .112 

Treasurers  of  the  City,  ....  .102 

Commonwealth,         .             .             .  .  .170 

County,          ......          107 

United  States  District  Attorneys,            .             .             .  .  .10 

Shipping  Commissioners,             .             .  .                       133 

Vice  Chancellors  of  the  Law  Association,         .  .221 

Vice  Presidents  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,     .  .  177 

Supreme  Executive  Council,      .  .178 

Vice  Provosts  of  the  Law  Academy,     .  .  .         226 


XV 


ADDENDA. 

James  A.  Gorman  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  on  March  5,  1883, 
too  late  to  put  his  name  in  the  list  at  its  proper  place. 

Hon.  George  Sharswood  delivered  the  Annual  Address  before 
the  Law  Academy,  on  the  evening  of  March  13,  1883,  on  "The 
History  of  the  Academy." 

Gustavus  Smith  Benson,  admitted  to  the  Bar  on  January  12, 
1828,  died  on  March  22,  1883,  i°  tne  Tjth  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  a  broker,  and  never  practised  at  the  Bar. 

Ex-Governor  Henry  Martyn  Hoyt,  a  member  of  the  Bar  of 
Luzerne  County,  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  various  Courts 
of  Philadelphia,  on  March  31,  1883,  on  motion  of  Ex-Chief- 
Justice  Sharswood.  And  on  the  same  day  the  following  other 
gentlemen  were  also  duly  admitted  :  R.  Osborn  Moon,  Julius 
Ludewig  Koethen,  Jr.,  and  Henry  W.  Blakeslee. 


A  List  of  Counsellors-at-Law. 

FROM  WHITE'S  DIRECTORY  OF  1785. 

Jacob  Bankson,  William  Lewis, 

William  Barton,  Peter  Z.  Lloyd,, 

John  Blair,  Joseph  Moylen,4 

William  Bradford,  Joseph  B.  McKean, 

Edward  Burd,  John  F.  Mifflin, 

George  Campbell,  Robert  Milligan, 

John  D.  Coxe,  Governeur  Morris, 

Matthew  Coulthurst,  Stephen  Du  Ponceau,5 

Daniel  Clymer,  William  Rawle, 

George  A.  Dallas,1  Thomas  Ross, 

Myers  Fisher,2  Samuel  Sitgreaves, 

John  Haley,  Jonathan  D.  Sergeant,6 

Assheton  Humphreys,  Charles  Swift, 

Charles  Heath,3  Edward  Tilghman, 

Jacob  Howell,  John  Vannost, 

Jared  Ingersoll,  Ja*mes  Wilson, 

Moses  Levy,  Alexander  Wilcox.7 

1  This  name  should  no  doubt  be  Alexander  James  Dallas. 

2Miers  Fisher.  5  Peter  Stephen  Du  Ponceau. 

3  Charles  Heatley.  6 Jonathan  Dickerson  Sergeant. 

*  Jasper  Moylan.  7  Alexander  Wilcocks. 


XVI 


ERRATA. 

On  page  1 6  it  is  stated  that  Dr.  Thomas  Graeme  died  Sept.  14, 
1772,  aged  about  84  years.  Mr.  Westcott  says  he  died  before 
May  23,  1758,  and  the  1772  Graeme  must  have  been  another. 

On  page  33  I  have  stated  that  the  Judges  of  the  Common 
Pleas,  appointed  under  the  Act  of  Sept.  29,  1759,  Duke  of  York  s 
Laws,  pp.  405-7,  held  the  Courts  of  Quarter  Sessions ;  this  is 
erroneous,  they  only  sat  in  the  Common  Pleas  and  Orphans' 
Courts.  The  Justices  of  the  Peace  continued  to  hold  the  Quarter 
Sessions,  and  no  Justice  in  commission  could  be  a  Judge  of  the 
Common  Pleas  under  the  provisions  of  that  Act.  See  correction 
in  note  2,  page  41. 

On  the  same  page,  in  the  i4th  line  from  the  bottom,  March 
20,  1761,  is  given  as  the  date  of  Alexander  Stedman's  advance- 
ment to  the  Supreme  Court;  it  should  be  March  21,  1764.  See 
pp.  16  and  19. 

In  the  lisfof  Philadelphia  Directories,  on  page  153, 1  neglected 
to  mention  that  in  1800  there  was  one  issued  called  '-The  New 
Trade  Directory,"  containing  a  complete  list  of  all  the  occupa- 
tions and  trades,  to  which  is  added  an  alphabetical  list  of  all  the 
streets,  alleys  and  lanes  in  the  City  and  Liberties,  printed  in  1799. 

On  page  220,  it  should  have  been  stated  that  John  Sergeant 
served  as  Chancellor  of  the  Law  Association  until  his  death  in 
1852. 

On  page  244,  Robert  Alsop's  death  is  omitted  ;  he  died  Aug. 
31,  1871,  aged  62  years. 

On  page  230,  Charles  L.  Dubisson  ought  to  be  Charles  L. 
Dubuisson,  as  it  is  given  in  the  Bar  List,  p.  264. 

James  Ltikins,  on  page  288,  should  be  Lukens;  see  page  239. 

I  neglected  to  note  that  Alexander  McKinley,  p.  291,  was, 
during  the  Rebellion,  Private  Secretary  to  Admirals  Farragut, 
DuPont  and  Rogers,  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

Horace  L.  Peterson,  p.  301,  died  at  Yokohama,  Japan,  and  was 
the  Private  Secretary  to  the  Admiral  commanding  the  Asiatic 
Squadron  of  the  United  States  Navy.  He  entered  the  service 
during  the  Rebellion  of  1861-5. 

Edward  L.  Teakle,  see  page  316,  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in 
1871,  not  1831,  as  printed.  His  full  name  is  Edward  Lambert 
Teakle. 


MARTIN'S 

BENCH  AND  BAR 


OF 

PHILADELPHIA. 


THE    COURT    OF    ADMIRALTY. 

WILLIAM  PENN  and  his  Council  exercised  the  Admiralty 
Jurisdiction  in  Pennsylvania  and  the  lower  counties,  from  March 
9,  1683,  until  1693,  after  which  time  the  Judges  of  the  Vice 
Admiralty  here  were  appointed  by  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Admiralty  in  England  ;  of  course  the  commissions  were  by  the 
Crown  under  the  Great  Seal  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty. 
Philadelphia  was  included  in  the  district  composed  of  the  "  prov- 
ince of  New  yorke,  Colonyes  of  East  &  West  Jersey,  province 
of  pennsilvania  et  Countries  of  New  Castle,  &c."  In  the  old 
"  Docquets,"  at  Philadelphia,  the  Court  is  styled  the  Court  of 
Vice  Admiralty.  The  first  entry  is  in  1735,  an^  the  "Hon. 
Charles  Read,  Esq.,"  is  called  the  "  Comissary  of  the  Court  of 
Vice  Admiralty  of  the  Province  of  Pennsilvania,"  and  on  the 
minutes  "  Sole  Judge."  The  last  record  in  the  minute  books  of 
that  Court  is  in  1759,  and  no  proceedings  are  to  be  found  re- 
corded until  those  before  "  the  Honorable  George  Ross,  Esquire, 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Admiralty,  lately  instituted  in  the  Province 
of  Pennsylvania,  by  the  General  Assembly  thereof,  pursuant  to 
the  recommendation  of  the  Honorable  Continental  Congress." 
In  1789,  by  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  the  Admiralty 
jurisdiction  was  vested,  in  the  United  States  District  Court. 

The  list  of  the  Admiralty  Judges,  in  Colonial  times,  is  not  en- 
tirely satisfactory  to  myself.  In  1703,  Col.  Quarry  obtained  in 
some  manner  a  commission  for  Pennsylvania  and  West  Jersey, 
which  rendered  Mompesson's  office  worthless.  But  this  does  not 
appear  to  have  continued  long.  Logan  Papers,  i  vol.  311,  says 
that  John  Moore  was  Deputy  Judge  of  the  Vice  Admiralty  for 
Col.  Seymour,  Governor  of  Maryland  and  Vice  Admiral  of 
Maryland,  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey,  5  mo.  20,  1704.  These 
appointments  do  not  seem,  however,  to  have  interfered  much 
with  Judge  Mompesson,  who  held  the  office  until  William  Asshe- 
ton  was  appointed,  and  that  date  I  am  unable  to  fix,  except  by 
the  date  on  his  Book-plate,  viz :  1718. 


6  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

In  1768,  Jared  Ingersoll,  the  elder,  of  Connecticut,  was  ap- 
pointed Commissioner  of  Appeals  or  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Vice- 
Admiralty  for  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland 
and  Virginia,  at  a  salary  of  ^600  per  annum,  to  be  held  at 
Philadelphia,  (see  4  Pa.  Arc.,  600;  2  Proud,  291,  and  Gordon*  s 
Penna.,  628,  Appendix,}  and  as  he  had  original  jurisdiction  in 
Admiralty  matters,  it  rendered  Shippen's  office  as  Judge  "  of 
little  or  no  annual  value."  James  iiiddle  was  Deputy  Commis- 
sary or  Judge  for  Pennsylvania — See  4  Pa.  Arc.,  600,  (1775) 
wherein  Edward  Shippen  is  called  "  The  Judge  of  the  Court  of 
Admiralty  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania."  On  the  Docket, 
Nov.  14,  1758,  he  it  styled  Judge  of  the  Vice  Admiralty. 

Judges  of  the  Vice  Admiralty 

SITTING    IN    PHILADELPHIA. 

William  Penn,  and  Council,  March  9,  1683 

Thomas  Lloyd,  "         "  n,8mo.,  1684 

Benjamin  Fletcher,         Vice  Admiral,  Oct.   20,    1692 

Wm.  Markham,1  •                Sole  Judge,  May  17,   1693 

Col.  Robert  Quarry,  — ,  1697 

Robert  Snead,  Deputy,  i  C.  J?.,  531,  Aug.    8,    1699 

John  Moore,         "                  "       550,  April  13,  1700 

Roger  Mompesson,2     Logan  Papers,  9,  5  mo.,  1703 

Robert  Quarry,    Pa.  6°  West  Jersey,  9      br,       1703 

John  Moore,        Deputy  for  Seymour,  5  mo.  20,  1704 

William  Assheton,3                  in  office,  — ,  1718 

Josiah  Rolfe,                         Sole  Judge,  June  25,   1724 

Joseph  Browne,                      "  Oct.    6,    1724 

Isaac  Miranda,                Deputy  Judge,  July   19,    1727 

Charles  Read,                      Sole  Judge,  April  — ,  1735 

Andrew  Hamilton,                "         "  Aug.    18,  1737 

Thos.  Hopkinson,4  "         " ,  1741 

1  William  Markham  was  appointed  by  Benjamin  Fletcher,  the  Vice  Admiral, 
&c.,  "  his  Deputy  or  Surrogate  in  the  sd  office  of  Vice  Admiralty,  as  far  as  it 
extended  over  sd  province  of  pennsilvania  &  Countrey  of  New  Castle."  —  I 
C.  K.,  311  and  314. 

'J  Mompesson  had  arrived  here  at  this  date;  I  Logan  Papers,  200.  Hi- 
commission  as  Judge,  of  the  Vice  Admiralty  included  Massachusetts  Bay,  New 
Hampshire,  Connecticut,  Rhode  Island,  New  York,  the  Jerseys  and  Penn- 
sylvania; Street's  New  York  Council  of  Revision,  75;  but  Col.  Quarry  in 
some  way  got  a  commission  as  Judge  of  the  Admiralty  for  Pennsylvania  ami 
West  Jersey. — I  Logan  Papers,  281,  Nov.,  1703.  In  I  C.  J?.,  575,  Quarry  is 
spoken  of  as  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Admiralty  of  Pennsylvania  and  West  Jersey, 
on  May  14,  1700,  and  Moore  as  Advocate. 

:1  The  inscription  on  the  Book-plate  referred  to  is  as  follows  :  "  William 
Assheton  of  Gray's  Inn,  Esquire,  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Admiralty  in  Penn- 
sylvania, 1718."  See,  also,  3  C.  X.,  182,  May  18,  1722,  where  he  is  stated  to 
be  "Judge  of  His  Majesties  Court  of  Vice  Admiralty  for  this  Province." 

4  See  2  Pennsylvania  Magazine,  314. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  7 

Dr.  Patrick  Baird,  Deputy,  Dec.   14,  1749 

Edward  Shippen,  Jr.,1         Judge,  Nov.   22,  1752 

Jared  Ingersoll,  Commissary,  Oct.    17,   1768 

James  Biddle,  Deputy.  Oct.   17,    1768 

Judges  of  the  Admiralty, 

UNDER    T1IK    COMMONWEALTH    OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 

George  Ross,2  commissioned        April  6,    1776 

Francis  Hopkinson,  "  July  J6,    1779 

1  In  the  history  of  the  First  Oty  Troop,  it  is  stated,  JAMES  MEASE  was  "  Ad- 
miralty Surveyor  of  the  Port  of  Philadelphia,  1796-1825." 

The  Board  of  Surveyors  in  the  Admiralty  Court  at  Philadelphia  are 
appointed  by  the  Court ;  and  in  1856  Judge  Kane  issited  a  set  of  rules  for  the 
guidance  of  the  Board.  A  writ  is  issued  to  the  gentlemen  named  as  "survey- 
ors of  damaged  goods  and  vessels"  in  each  case.  They  are  appointed  in  pur- 
suance of  an  ancient  law  and  custom,  of  the  Court  of  Vice  Admiralty  of  Penn- 
svli'iinia,  derived  from  the  practice  of  the  High  Court  ef  Admiralty  in  England, 
of  so  ancient  a  date  that  the  memory  of  tn  an  runneth  not  to  the  contrary.  This 
office  is  recognized  in  the  Act  of  Congress  of  May  8th,  1792,  section  10  ;  / 
Statutes  278,  but  in  the  Revised  Statutes  that  part  about  surveyors'  affidavits 
was  dropped  by  the  commissioners  who  revised  the  Statutes,  as  they  no  doubt, 
were  ignorant  of  the  practice  of  the  Admiralty  to  issue  writs  to  surveyors  to 
examine  damaged  goods  and  vessels.  An  old  writ  of  this  nature  was  issued 
in  175 j.  It  is  as  follows  : 

"  Vice  Admiralty  of  Pennsylvania 
"  Edward  Shippen,  Jr.  Esq.,  Judge  of  his  Majesty's  Court  of  Vice  Admiralty  for  the  Province 

of  Pennsylvania. 

"To  Joseph  Richardson  and  John  Stamper,  merchants,  Captain   William  Wassdell   and 
Nehemiah  Allen,  cooper,  all  of  the  city  ol  Philadelphia. 

"  Whereas,  the  ship  Molly,  whereof  William  Allison  is  Commander,  lately  arrived  in  the 
Port  of  Philadelphia  from  Antigua,  and  it  is  said  the  Cargo  on  Board  the  said  Ship  hath 
sustained  Considerable  Damage  in  her  late  voyage  from  Antigua  aforesaid,  TO  THE  END, 
therefore,  that  Justice  may  be  duly  Administered  to  all  persons  therein  concerned,  and  that 
the  Damage  Sustained  may  be  more  truly  known  and  ascertained,  THESE  are  by  his  Maj- 
esty's Authority  to  will  and  require  you,  or  any  two  of  you,  forthwith  diligently  to  View  and 
Survey  the  Goods,  Wares,  and  Merchandise  on  Board  the  said  Ship  as  the  same  now  are, 
and  Examine  the  Damage  accrued  to  the  same,  whether  by  the  insufficiency  of  the  said  Ship, 
through  bad  Stowage,  or  any  other  neglect  or  mismanagement  of  the  Mariners  on  Board  the 
said  Ship,  or  otherwise.  And  you  are  required  to  make  and  return  a  true  report  in  the 
premises  into  the  said  Office  of  Vice  Admiralty,  according  to  the  best  of  your  Skill  and 
Judgment,  upon  your  respective  Oaths  or  Solemn  Affirmations,  according  to  Law  and  Cus- 
tom. 

"  Given  under  the  Seal  of  the  said  Office  of  Vice  Admiralty  at  Philadelphia,  the  tenth  day 
May,  in  the  twenty-eighth  yearof  the  Reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord,  George  II.,  Anno  Domini 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  fifty-five. 

"EDWARD  SHIPPEN,  JR." 

-  The  Continental  Congress  recommended  the  several  Legislatures  of  the 
United  Colonies  to  create  Courts  of  Admiralty. —  Journal  of  Congress,  I  vol. 
260.  An  appeal  being  allowed  to  Congress  in  all  cases,  or  to  such  person  or 
persons  as  they  should  appoint  for  the  trial  of  appeals.  On  Sept.  9,  1776,  a 
committee  consisting  of  Richard  Stockton,  Samuel  Huntington,  Robert  Treat 
I'aine,  James  Wilson  and  Thomas  Stone  were  appointed  to  hear  an  appeal  in 
the  case  of  the  schooner  "  Thistle."  This  committee  appears  never  to  have 
met  but  once,  namely,  on  Sept.  16,  1776,  in  the  State  House,  to  hear  the  appeal 
from  the  decision  of  Judge  Ross. — See  Admiralty  Docket,  Record  in  Prize. 
1776,  in  which  the  Committee  are  denominated  Commissioners. 


5  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Judges  of  the  United  States  District  Court  for  the 
Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania. 

Under  Act  of  Congress  Sept.  24,  1789 
Organizing  U.  S.  District  and  Admiralty  Courts. 

Francis  Hopkinson,  commissioned          Sept.  30,  1789 

William  Lewis,  July   20,    1791 

Richard  Peters,  April  n,  1792 

Joseph  Hopkinson,1  Oct.    23,    1828 

Thomas  Bradford,  Jr.,2  Jan'y  — ,  1842 

Archibald  Randall,"5  March  8,  1842 

John  K.  Kane,  June  16,   1846 

John  Cadwalader,*  April  26,  1858 

William  Butler,  "                 Feb.   12,    1879 

Advocates  for  the  Crown. 

IN   THE   VICE   ADMIRALTY. 

John  Moore,  appointed  May  19,    1698 

David  Lloyd,5  in  office  2,  8  mo.,  1702 

Joseph  Growden,  Jr.,      sworn  in  April  — ,  1735 

Court  of  Appeals  in  Admiralty. 

IN   CASES  OP   CAPTURE. 


Established  by  Congress,  Jan. 

15,  1780.     To  consist 

of  three  Judges, 

to  be 

elected  by  Congress. 

Sessions  to  be  held  at 

Philadelphia. 

William  Paca, 

elected 

Jan'y  22, 

1780 

George  Wythe, 

declined 

a       « 

1780 

Titus  Hosmer, 

elected 

tt       a 

1780 

Cyrus  Griffin, 

" 

April  28, 

1780 

John  Lowell, 

" 

Dec.    5, 

1782 

George  Read, 

tt 

Dec.    5, 

1782 

Paca  resigned  Nov.  21.  1782,  being  elected  Governor  of  Mary- 
land. Judge  Griffin  died  in  1810,  aged  62,  being  Judge  of  the 
U.  S.  District  Court  of  Virginia. 

June  i,  1785,  Congress,  by  resolution,  discontinued  the  salaries 
of  the  Judges. — See  Journal  of  Congress.  On  June  27,  1786, 
they  were  authorized  to  grant  new  trials,  &c.  The  Court  expired 
with  the  Confederacy. 

1  There  is  a  volume  of  reports  of  his  decisions  included  in  his  works. 

2  Appointed  by  the  President,  but  not  confirmed  by  the  Senate. 
In  the  place  of  Horace  Binney,  who  declined  Jan'y  31,  1842. 

4  Died  Jan'y  26,  1879,  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age. 

"'James  Logan  says  of  Lloyd,  in  a  letter  to  Penn,  2d  8  mo.,  1702,  (i  Logan 
Papers,  139.)  "  He  is  now  made  J.  Moore's  Deputy  Judge  of  the  Admiralty, 
Advocate  at  the  said  Court,  and  is  now  at  New  Castle  upon  a  trial  in  it,  not- 
withstanding his  opposition  to  it  before  thy  arrival  occasioned  thee  so  much 
trouble."  This  means  that  John  Moore,  who  was  the  Deputy  Judge,  as  we 
well  know,  made  David  Lloyd  the  Advocate  for  the  Crown  in  his  court. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  9 

Registers  of  the  Admiralty. 

AT    PHILADELPHIA. 

Patrick  Baird,  Clerk  June  24,  1724 

"  "  Register  April  — ,  1735 

William  Peters,  Oct.   20,  1744 

Philip  How,  in  office  — ,  1771 

John  Smith,  his  Deputy  — ,  1771 

Richard  Peters,  in  office  ,  1771 

Andrew  Robeson,  died  May  »,  mi,  aged  •»  years.  July  15,  1776 

James  Read,  appointed  June    5,  1781 

CLERKS    OF    THE    U.    S.    DISTRICT    COURT. 

Samuel  Caldwell,  appointed  Oct.    6,  1789 

David  Caldwell,  Nov.   27,  1798 

Francis  Hopkinson,  Oct.    7,  1831 

Thomas  Leiper  Kane,  March  9,  1847 

Charles  Ferris  Heazlitt,  Jan'y    i,  1858 

John  M.  Jones,  July   16,  1858 

Gilbert  Rodman  Fox.  Dec.    29,  1860 

Charles  Shippen  Lincoln,  April  19,  1875 

MARSHALS    OF    THE    ADMIRALTY. 

Robert  Webb,  in  office  -  — ,  1697 

Richard  Brockden,  "  April  — ,  1735 

Jlldah    FoulkC,    diedJan.  14,  1776,  aged63,        "  —  ,  1770 

Arodi  Thayer,  "  -  — ,  1771 

Matthew  Clarkson,  appointed  April  10,  1776 

Clement  Biddle,1  "  Nov.    10,  1780 

David  Lenox,  Sept.   26,  1793 

William  Nichols,  May  18,  1795 

John    Hall,  died  Sept.  10, 1826,  aged  87,      "  Dec.       6,  l8oO 

John  Smith,  "  Mar.    28,  1801 

Samuel  D.  Ingham  vice  Smith,      "  Jan'y  26,  1819 

John  Conard,  Feb'y  16,  1819 

George  B.  Porter,  Feb'y  22,  1831 

Abiah  Sharp,  Sept.    5,  1831 

Benjamin  Say  Bonsall,  d.  Aug.  11,  iss-,  "  Feb'y  2,  1832 

Samuel  D.  Patterson,  Sept.   25,  1837 

Isaac  Otis,  "  April  26,  1841 

George  M.  Keim,  "  July    7>  ^43 

Anthony  E.  Roberts,  "  May    9,  1849 

Francis  M.  Wynkoop,  "  March  9,  1853 

Jacob  S.  Yost,  "  March  31, 1857 

William  Millward,  "  April   26,  1861 

1  Appointed  U.  S.  Marshall  of  the  Pennsylvania  District,  Sep.  30,  1789.     This 
official  is  now  styled  the  U.  S.  Marshall  for  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania. 


10  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Peter  C.  Ellmaker,  appointed  July    6,     1865 

Gen.  John  Ely,        died  M»J  4,  law,      "  April  27,  1869 

Edgar  M.  Gregory,  died  NOV. -:  mi,      "  May   n,    1869 

James  N.  Kerns,  Nov.    14,   1871 

United  States  District  Attorneys 

FOR    THK    KASTKUX    DISTRICT    OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 

William  Lewis,  commissioned   Octb'r  6,  1789 

William  Rawle,  July  18,    1791 

Jaredilngersoll.  May    7,     1800 

Alexander  James  Dallas,  March  10, 1801 

Charles  Jared  Ingersoll,  Feb.    28,   1815 

George  Mifflin  Dallas,  April    7,    1829 

Henry  Dilvvorth  Gilpin,  Dec.   30,   1831 

John  Meredith  Read,  June   23,    1837 

William  Morris  Meredith,  March  25, 1841 

Henry  Miller  Watts,  May    13,    1842 

Thomas  McKean  Petti t,  May    5,     1845 

John  Wayne  Ashmead,  May  12,    1849 

James  C.  Van  Dyke,  "           March  12, 1854 

George  Mifflin  Wharton,  April   17,  1860 

George  Alexander  Coffey,  "           July   22,    1861 

Charles  Gilpin,  "           March  19, 1864 

John  P.  O'Neil,  April  20,  1868 

Aubrey  Henry  Smith,  "           April    5,    1869 

William  McMichael,  March  17,  1873 

John  King  Valentine,1  "           Nov.    6,    1875 

Judges  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court. 

EASTERN    DISTRICT    UK    PENNSYLVANIA. 
THIRD   JUDICIAL   CIRCUIT. 


See  Act  of  Congress,  Sept. 
And  Brightley's  Digest  of  U. 

James  Wilson,                     assigned 
John  Blair,                                 " 
William  Gushing,2                    " 
William  Paterson,                     " 
James  Iredell,-                          " 
Samuel  Chase,2                         " 

24,  1879. 

S.  Statutes. 

April   12, 
April   n, 
Oct.    n, 
March  1  1, 
April   n, 
April  n, 

1790 
1792 
1792 

J793 
1793 
1798 

1  Mr.  Valentine  was  AhM-tant  District  Attorney  from  May,  1864,  to  the  day 
of  his  appointment.  Henry  Hazlehurst,  and  Hood  Gilpin,  were  appointed 
.instants  by  Mr.  Valentine  in  1875,  Henry  P.  Brown  in  1876,  and  James  S. 
Nicker-on  in  1882. 

-'  These  Judges  held  the  Circuit  Court  at  the  dates  specified,  Gushing  at 
York,  Pa.;  Iredell  and  Chase  at  Philadelphia.  As  they  were  Justices  of  other 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  11 

Bushrod  Washington,1       commissioned    Dec.   20,   1798 
Jared  Ingersoll,'2  Chief  Judge       Feb'y  18,  1801 

Circuits,  they  were  probably  detailed  for  the  occasion  by  the  Supreme  Court. 
Until  the  appointment  of  Judge  McKennan,  the  only  Judges  of  the  Circuit 
Courts  were  the  Associate  Justices  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  "  Midnight  Judges."  The  Act  of  April.  16,  1869,  gives  each  Circuit 
a  Judge,  the  Bench  of  the  Circuit  Court  consists  of  an  Associate  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  the  Circuit  Judge  and  the  Judge  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court 
for  the  district  in  which  the  Court  is  held;  any  two  of  said  Judges  sitting  to- 
gether, constitute  a  full  Bench. 

1  Judge  Washington  died    Nov.  26,  1829,  age   70.     Judge  Grier  died  Sept. 
26,  1870. 

2  Jared  Ingersoll  was  appointed  Chief  Judge,  Feb.  18,  1801,  but  declined, 
and  Mr.  Tilghman  was  appointed,  nominated  and  confirmed  by  the  Senate  on 
Mar.  3,  1801.     1  hese  Judges  were  facetiously  called  "  The  Midnight  Judges." 
Congress,  by  Act  of  Feb.  13,  1801,  reduced  the  Supreme  Court  to  five  Judges, 
and  they  were  released  from   Circuit  duly.     Six  Circuits  were   formed,  each 
Circuit  with  three  Judges,  (except  the  sixth,  which  had  only  one,)  a  Chief 
Judge  and  two  associates.     Mr.  Adams,  the  retiring  President,  nominated  the 
Circuit  Judges,  and  they  were  confirmed,  or  rather  some  of  them  were,  just 
before  midnight  on  the  night  of  March  3,  1801,  and  their  appointments  made 
out  at  once,  hence  their  nickname.     Mr.  Jefferson  became  President  the  next 
day,  and  the  Act  was  repealed  at  the  next  session,  on  April  29,  1 802,  to  take 
effect  July  4,  1802  ;  without  the  imputation  of  a  fault  on  the  part  of  the  Judges. 
Horace  Binney,  in  his  eulogy  on  the  late  Chief  Justice  Tilghman,  Oct.  13,1827, 
said  :  "  This  particular  measure  was  deemed  by  wise  men  on  all  sides,  and  :-till 
is  cited  by  them,  as  the  happiest  organization  of  the  Federal  Judiciary."     There 
is  a  volume  of  reports  of  the  "Midnight  Judges,"  by  the  late  John  Bradford 
Wallace,  called  "  Wallace's  Reports,"  consisting  of  about  240  pages.     This  is 
the  reason  why  the   volumes   of  reports  published  subsequently   in  the 'same 
Circuit  by  the  Reporter's  son,  John  William  Wallace,  are  styled  "Wallace 
Junior's  Reports. 

Thompson  Westcott,  Esq.,  the  author  of  the  History  of  Philadelphia,  to  whom 
I  am  more  indebted  than  to  any  other  friend  for  aid  in  the  compilation  of  this 
work,  objects  to  the  foregoing  account  of  the  "  Midnight  Judges"  as  not  being 
strictly  correct.  He  states  in  the  Sunday  Dispatch  of  Oct.  8,  1876,  that  "  John 
Adams,  while  President,  toward  the  end  of  his  term,  seriously  urged  a  re- 
organization of  the  Federal  Judiciary.  The  Circuit  Courts  were  held  by  the 
fudges  of  the  Supreme  Court;  but  the  business  was  increased  so  much  that  the 
appointment  of  additional  Judges  was  considered  necessary.  On  the  1 3th  of 
Feb.,  1801,  an  Act  was  passed  reducing  the  number  of  the  Judges  of  the 
Supreme  Court  to  five — whenever  a  vacancy  occurred — and  released  those 
Judges  from  all  Circuit  duty.  The  number  of  United  States  District  Courts 
was  increased  to  twenty  three,  and  the  districts  were  arranged  in  six  circuits, 
each  circuit  with  three  Judges.  The  result  was  to  create  sixteen  new  Judges, 
besides  attorneys,  clerks,  marshals,  'and  other  officers.  As  it  was  near  the  end 
of  Adams'  term,  and  as  Jefferson  was  elected  four  days  after  the  Act  was  passed, 
it  was  supposed  that  the  President  would  allow  his  successor  to  make  the  ap- 
pointments ;  but  he  did  nothing  of  the  sort.  He  sent  to  the  Senate  on  the 
1 8th  the  names  of  Charles  Lee  of  the  District  of  Columbia;  Jared  Ingersoll  of 
Pennsylvania  ;  Richard  Bassett  of  Delaware  ;  William  Griffith  of  New  Jersey  ; 
Egbert  Benson  of  New  York;  Oliver  Wolcott  of  Connecticut;  Samuel 
Hitchcock  of  Vermont ;  Philip  Barton  Key  of  Maryland ;  John  Davis  of 
Massachusetts;  Jacob  Read  of  South  Carolina;  hlijah  Paine  of  Vermont; 
Ray  Greene  of  Rhode  Island ;  John  Sitgreaves  of  North  Carolina ;  Joseph 


12  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Richard  Bassett,  commissioned  Feb'y  20,  1801 

William  Griffith,  appointed  Feb'y  18,  1801 

William  Tilghman,  Chief  Judge  March  3,  1801 

Henry  Baldwin,  assigned  Jan>>'   6,    1830 

Robert  Cooper  Grier,  "  August  4,  1846 

William  McKennan,  commissioned  Jan'y  4,    1870 

William  Strong,   '  "  Feb.    18,    1870 

Joseph  P.  Bradley,1  assigned  Jan'}'  10,  1881 

Clerks  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court. 

THIRD    CIRCUIT,    PHII.ADKI.I'H  I  A. 

Samuel  Caldwell,  Died  Nov.  26,  1798,  April   12,  1790 

David  Caldwell,  appointed  May   n,    1801 

Francis  Hopkinson,  "  Oct.   n,    1831 

George  Plitt,  "  Nov.   17,   1846 

Benjamin  Patton,  "  Jan'y  3°>  1858 

Samuel  Bell,  April   12,  1870 

The  Supreme  Court 

OF   THE   PROVINCE   OK    PENNSYLVANIA. 

This  high  tribunal  was  established  under  the  Royal  Charter  to 
William  Penn,  bearing  date  Mar.  4,  1681,  and  by  order  of  the 
Provincial  Council  of  ye  ist  of  ye  2nd  mo.,  1684,  and  re-organ- 
ized from  time  to  time,  by  different  Acts  of  the  Assembly  of  the 
Province. 

The  following  sketch,  which  is  as  complete  as  the  records  at 
Harrisburg  and  elsewhere  can  make  it,  shows  the  organization 
and  personnel  of  the  Court  at  different  periods  between  1684  and 
1776. 

It  will  be  observed  that  William  Penn,  as  early  as  the  i8th  of 

8th  mo.,  1685,  in  his  letter  to  Wm.  Markham,  "  Dept.  Govern 'r 

of  Pennsylvania,"  says  :  "  I  have  sent  my  Cosin  William  Crispen. 

and  it  is  my  will  and  pleasure  that  he  be  as  Chief  Justin-." 

Clay  of  Georgia;  William  McClurg  of  Kentucky,  and  William  II.  Hill,  <>l 
North  Carolina.  Some  changes  were  afterward  made.  William  Tilghman 
took  the  place  of  Ingersoll  in  Pennsylvania.  The  Judges  of  the  First  main 
in  1802  were  John  Lowell  of  Massachusetts;  Benjamin  Bourne  of  Rhode  I>- 
land,  and  Jeremiah  Smith  of  New  Hampshire.  In  the  Fourth  district.  C.o.rge 
K.  Taylor  and  Charles  Magill  of  Virginia  sat  with  Philip  Barton  Key.  In 
the  Fifth  district  Dominick  Hall  of  North  Carolina  and  Daniel  1'otter  of  South 
Carolina  were  Judges  in  1802.  Jefferson  took  strong  grounds  against  the  con- 
tinuance of  this  Act,  and  it  was  repealed  at  midnight,  March  8,  1802.  The 
Judges  were  called  'Midnight  Judges,'  in  consequence  of  a  story  that  their 
names  were  agreed  upon  during  the  midnight  before  they  were  sent  t<>  tin- 
Senate." 

1  Mr.  Justice  Bradley  is  one  of  the  Associate  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States,  assigned  to  the  Third  circuit,  as  the  Circuit  Justice, 
which  he  must  visit  at  least  onde  in  every  two  years. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  13 

&c.,  and  although  Andrew  Robeson,  in  1693,  is  the  first  of  the 
"  Prior  Judges,"  (i  Proud,  295  ;  i  C.  R.,  86,)  that  I  find  called 
Chief  Justice,  I  have  indicated  each  ''Prior  Judge,"  before  his 
time,  as  Chief  Justice. 

4th  6  mo.,  1684 — i  C.  R.,  47,  66-8,  and  ist  Proud,  286; 
Rawle  s  Equity,  9.  Under  the  Act  of  1684,  chapter  158,  Laws, 
five  Justices  were  commissioned  for  two  years: — Dr.  Nicholas 
More,  C.  J.,  William  Welch,  William  Wood,  Robert  Turner 
and  John  Eckley.  William  Clarke  was  appointed  in  place  of 
William  Welch,  who  died  before  loth  7  mo.,  1684.  He  was 
styled  "  Justice  in  General,"  i  C.  R.,  109-10,  and  appears  to 
have,  by  virtue  of  his  commission,  presided  over  the  County 
Courts,  and,  perhaps,  succeeded  Wm.  Welch,  who  was  called  the 
President  of  the  counties  of  Philadelphia  and  New  Castle,  in  i 
C.  R.,  67.  My  references  to  the  Colonial  Records  are  to  the  first 
edition,  printed  in  1838.  The  second  edition  was  issued  in 
1851-52. 

1685 — Appointed  i4th  7  mo.,  1685  ;  i  C.  R.,  102  and  105-8 
— James  Harrison,  C.  J.,  James  Claypoole  and  Arthur  Cooke. 
These  Judges,  however,  declined  to  serve ;  i  Proud,  300,  and  the 
Council  heard  the  appeals. 

1686 — Appointed  3151  i  mo.,  1686;  i  C.  R.,  120,  139  and 
141 — Arthur  Cooke,  C.  J.,  William  Clarke  and  John  Cann. 

1686 — Commissioned  2oth  7  mo.,  1686.  Re-commissioned 
2nd  2  mo.,  1687;  i  C.  R.,  142,  143  and  152— Arthur  Cooke, 
C.  J.,  John  Simcock  and  James  Harrison. 

1690 — Appointed  2nd  2  mo.,  1690;  i  C.  R.,  283  (ist  edition) 
and  i  C.  R.,  324  (2d  edition)— Arthur  Cooke,  C.  J.,  William 
Clarke  and  Joseph  Growden. 

1690 — Under  the  Act  of  1690,  chapter  197,  five  Judges  were 
appointed  and  commissioned  on  the  5th  7  mo.,  1690  ;  i  C.  R., 
303 — Arthur  Cooke,  C.  J.,  John  Simcock,  Joseph  Growden,  Peter 
Alrichs,  and  Thomas  Wynne  ;  but  on  account  of  the  "  unwilling- 
ness of  ye  Judges  to  doe  their  Dutys  in  Severall  counties,"  thus 
commission  was  afterwards  revoked,  and  the  Court  was  re-organ- 
ized 2ist  9  mo.,  1690:  i  C.  R.,  304 — John  Simcock,  C.  J., 
William  Clarke,  Arthur  Cooke,  Griffith  Jones  and  Edward  Blake, 
of  New  Castle.  William  Clarke,  C.  J.,  for  the  Lower  Counties, 
with  the  other  four  as  his  Associates. 

1693 — The  following  Judges  were  commissioned  May  29th, 
1693,  and  in  the  same  year  a  new  law  was  passed,  by  which  the 
Court  was  to  consist  of  one  Chief  Justice  and  four  associates,  and 
a  new  commission  issued  to  the  same  Justices,  September  23,  1693. 
The  fifth  Justice  seems  never  to  have  been  named  ;  i  C.  R.,  352, 
383  and  415 — Andrew  Robeson,  C.  J.,  William  Salway,  John 
Cann  and  Edward  Blake.  Anthony  Morris  was  appointed  Aug. 
10,  1794,  in  the  place  of  John  Cann,  deceased. 
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1698 — On  the  3rd  of  the  8th  mo.,  1698,  the  following  Justices 
held  a  session  of  the  Provincial  Court  at  Chester  ;  Martin 's  His- 
tory of  Chester,  73 — Joseph  Growden  and  Cornelius  Empson. 

1699 — On  the  i8th  2  mo.,  1699,  a  Provincial  (Supreme)  Court 
was  held  at  Chester  by  Edward  Shippen,  Cornelius  Empson  and 
William  Biles.  It  is,  perhaps  on  account  of  this  record  in  the 
minutes  of  the  Courts  of  Chester  County,  that  I  find  Edward 
Shippen  sometimes  spoken  of  as  one  of  our  Chief  Justices,  but  he 
never  obtained  that  dignity  that  I  can  ascertain. 

1701 — From  Mr.  Staughton  George's  notes,  and  the  Records  of 
Commissions  at  Harrisburg.  Commission  dated  2oth  6  mo., 
1701.  The  Commission  directs  the  Justices  to  hold  a  court  twice 
a  year  at  Philadelphia,  on  the  24th  of  the  7th  mo.,  and  on  the 
loth  of  the  2d  mo.  Two  of  them  to  go  the  circuit  of  the  counties, 
of  whom  Guest  or  Clarke  must  always  be  one.  In  the  Logan 
Papers,  i  vol.  57,  it  is  stated,  under  date  of  the  26th  of  7  mo.. 
1701,  "Judge  Guest  is  made  our  Chief  Judge  upon  which  Judge 
Growden  would  not  act  as  his  inferior.  Caleb  Pusey  is  in,  and 
what  is  the  wonder  of  us  all,  Thomas  Masters  has,  without  taking 
his  degree  of  a  Justice,  leaped  at  once  to  be  one  of  the  five 
Judges" — John  Guest,  C.  J.,  William  Clarke,  Joseph  Growden 
(declined,)  Edward  Shippen,  Robert  French  (declined?)  Caleb 
Pusey  and  Thomas  Masters. 

1702 — Logan  Papers,  i  vol.  193-5,  &c- — Jonn  Guest,  C.  J., 
William  Clarke,  Edward  Shippen,  Thomas  Masters  and  Samuel 
Finney,  associates. 

T7°3 — 2  C.  J?.,  86;  Logan  Papers,  i  vol.  193-5 — William 
Clarke,  C.  J.,  Edward  Shippen,  Thos.  Masters  and  Samuel  Finney. 
Wm.  Clarke  was  Acting  Chief  Justice  in  place  of  Guest,  who 
declined.  Captain  Finney  also  declined. 

1704 — Commissioned  April  10,  1704;  See  Record  of  Com- 
missions— William  Clarke,  C.  J.,  John  Guest,  Jasper  Yeates, 
Samuel  Finney  and  William  Trent,  associates.  Judge  Clarke 
died  about  February,  1705. 

1705 — Martin' s  History  of  Chester,  p.  74— John  Guest,  C.  J., 
Joseph  Growden,  Jasper  Yeates,  Samuel  Finney  and  William 
Trent.  Chief  Justice  Guest  died  8th  7  mo.,  1707. 

1706  —  2  C.  R.,  248,  appointed  April  17,  1706 — Roger  Mom- 
pesson,  C-  J.,  Joseph  Growden,  Jasper  Yeates,  Samuel  Finney. 
and  William  Trent,  associates. 

By  order  of  the  Queen's  Council  of  February  7,  1705-6,  the 
several  laws  establishing  the  Courts  of  this  Province  having  been 
repealed,  and  the  Assembly  not  agreeing  011  a  Bill,  John  Evans, 
the  Lieut.  Governor,  by  an  ordinance  and  proclamation  of  Feb. 
22,  1706-7,  established  and  restored  the  usual  Courts,  &c.  See 
Manuscript  Laws  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  Book  A  4, 
PP-  3-7-  The  Supreme  Court  was  to  have  only  three  Justices; 


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and  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Province  became  separated  from 
that  of  the  Lower  Counties  on  the  Delaware.  A  Supreme  Court 
for  the  trial  of  NEGROES  was  created,  Book  A  4,  p.  78,  and  a 
commission  issued,  A  4,  pp.  66  and  181.  The  Supreme  Court 
for  the  Lower  Counties  was  established  with  three  Justices,  A  4, 
p.  184.  lam  indebted  for  much  valuable  information  respecting 
the  Provincial  Courts  to  Mr.  Staughton  George,  of  Harrisburg, 
Pa.  Mr.  George  is  one  of  the  editors  of  the  work  issued  by  the 
State  in  1879,  known  as  "The  Duke  of  Yorke's  Laws,"  &c.  It 
brings  the  Provincial  Acts  down  to  1700  ;  but  we  have  no  printed 
Acts  of  the  Assembly  between  1700  and  1714;  since  when  the 
Annual  Session  Laws  have  been  printed,  and  several  complete 
copies  are  known  to  exist.  See  my  Bibliographical  Sketch  of  the 
Laws  of  Pa.,  Legal  Intelligencer,  Oct.  6,  1882. 

1707 — Names  of  Justices — commissioned.  Joseph  Growden, 
C.  J.,  Nov.  20,  1707  ;  Jasper  Yeates,  Dec.  2,  1707  ;  Samuel  Fin- 
ney,  April  8,  1708. 

1711  —Under  the  Act  of  February  28,  1710-11.  Four  Justices 
were  commissioned  March  16,  1711 — Joseph  Growden,  C.  J., 
Samuel  Finney,  Richard  Hill  and  Jonathan  Dickinson. 

1715 — Under  the  Act  of  May  28,  1715,  Book  A  2,  p.  109, 
commissions  were  issued  on  June  10,  1715,  to  Joseph  Growden, 
C.  J.,  William  Trent,  Jonathan  Dickinson  and  George  Roche. 
Robert  Assheton  was  appointed  Associate,  June  12,  1716,  in  the 
place  of  Captain  George  Roche,  who  was  absent  from  the  country  ; 
2  C.  R.,  613. 

1717 — Commissioned  Feb'y  15,  1717.  From  record  of  com- 
missions. David  Lloyd,  C.  J.,  Jasper  Yeates,  Richard  Hill, 
and  William  Trent,  associates. 

1717  — Commisioned  Sep.  23,  1717.  Record  of  commissions. 
A  change  of  Governors  accounts  for  two  commissions  being  issued 
the  same  year — David  Lloyd,  C.  J.,  Jasper  Yeates,  Richard  Hill, 
and  Jonathan  Dickinson. 

1718 — Commissioned  Feb'y  15,  1718;  3  C.  jR.  22,  29,  35,  67, 
83,  104-5 — David  Lloyd,  C.  J.,  Jasper  Yeates,  Richard  Hill  and 
William  Trent.  The  same  Justices  were  re-commissioned  March 
26,  1720,  and  served  until  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  May  22, 
1722,  which  reduced  the  number  of  Justices  to  three.  Justice 
Yeates  died  in  1721 ;  3  C.  J?.,  140. 

1722 — Commissioned  June  2,  1722  ;  see  also  3  C.  -R. ,  156,  186 
and  197.  Three  Justices,  Act  of  May  22,  1722— David  Lloyd,  C. 
J.,  Richard  Hill  and  Robert  Assheton. 

1724 — Votes  of  Assembly,  2  vol..  401  and  493  — David  Lloyd, 
C.  J.,  Richard  Hill,  William  Trent  and  Robert  Assheton.  Asshe- 
ton was  appointed  in  place  of  William  Trent,  who,  died  Dec.  25, 
1724,  he  being  at  his  decease  the  Chief  Justice  of  New  Jersey. 

1726 — Commissioned  Sept.  20,  1726.     A  new  Act  was  passed 


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Aug.  27,  1727.  Book  A  2,  p.  352,  and  the  same  Justices  were 
re-commissioned  Sept.  23,  1727.  See  also  3  C.  R.,  272  and  273 
—David  Lloyd,  C.  J.,  Richard  Hill  and  Jeremiah  Langhorne. 
in  the  place  of  Robert  Assheton,  who  declined.  He  being  the 
Recorder  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  ex-officio  Justice  of  the 
Peace  and  the  Courts,  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  and  Prothonotary  of 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  same  city  and  county,  objec- 
tions were  made  to  his  sitting  in  the  Supreme  Court  as  one  of 
the  Justices.  David  Lloyd  died  6th  2  mo.,  1731,  aged  78  years. 
and  was  buried  in  Friends'  graveyard  at  Chester.  See  Martin  s 
History  of  Chester,  p.  82.  Richard  Hill  was  a  merchant  sea 
captain.  He  died  Sept.  9,  1729,  so  says  i  Frond's  History  of 
Pennsylvania,  p.  473,  in  a  note. 

1731 — Commissioned  April  9,  1731,  Record  Commissions,  and 
3  C.  R.,  426,  439  ar>d  640 — Isaac  Norris,  C.  J.,  Jeremiah  Lang- 
horne and  Dr.  Thomas  Graeme.  James  Logan,  C.  J.,  was  com- 
missioned Aug.  20,  1731,  in  the  place  of  Isaac  Norris,  who  declined 
the  office,  and  died  June  3,  1735. 

1733 — Commissioned  April  9,  1733.  Re-commissioned  Dec. 
28,  1733 — James  Logan,  C.  J.,  Jeremiah  Langhorne  and  Thomas 
Graeme,  associates. 

1739 — Commissioned  Aug.  13,  1739  ;  4  C.  J?.,  348 — Jeremiah 
Langhorne,  C.  J.,  Thomas  Graeme  and  Thomas  Griffitts.  Chief 
Justice  Langhorne  died  in  1743,  and  Mr.  Justice  Griffitts  resigned 
the  same  year. 

1743 — Commissioned  April  5,  1743  ;  4  C.  R.,  640 — John 
Kinsey,  C.  J.,  Thomas  Graeme  and  William  Till.  Kinsey,  C.  J., 
died  in  1750.  Dr.  Thomas  Graeme  died  Sept.  14,  1772,  aged 
about  84  years. 

1750 — Commissioned  Sept.  20,  1750 — William  Allen,  C.  J., 
Lawrence  Growden  and  Caleb  Cowpland.  Mr.  Justice  Covvpland 
died  at  Chester,  Pa.,  on  the  i2th  of  the  10  mo.,  175 7, in  the  671)1 
year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  in  Friends'  grave-yard  at  that 
place.  For  a  sketch  of  the  old  Judge  and  his  family,  see  Martin' s 
History  of  Chester,  p.  272-3. 

1758 — Commissioned  April  8,  1758. — William  Allen,  C.  J., 
Lawrence  Growden  and  William  Coleman.  By  an  Act  passed  Sept. 
29»  I759>  see  "  -Big"  Peter  Miller,  p.  115  ;  the  Justices  were  to 
hold  office  for  life  or  during  good  behavior,  and  the  above  judges 
were  re-commissioned  April  8,  1760;  and  again  on  March  20, 
1761.  Lawrence  Growden  was  re-commissioned  in  1761,  but  not 
:>worn  into  office,  at  least  his  oath  is  not  on  file  with  the  others 
in  the  records  at  Harrisburg.  He  died  in  1770,  aged  76. 

1764— Commissioned  March  21,  1764 -William  Allen,  C.  J., 
William  Coleman  and  Alexander  Stedman.  Alexander  Stedman, 
the  President  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  City 
and  County  of  Philadelphia,  was  commissioned  in  place  of  Cole- 


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man  on  March  21,  1764,  and  not  before  that  date,  as  I  find  that 
he  presided  in  the  Orphans'  Court  on  March  10,  1764.  On  the 
2oth  of  May,  1767,  an  Act  was  passed  increasing  the  number  of 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  to  four,  viz  :  A  Chief  Justice  and 
three  associates. 

1767 — Commissioned  Sept.  14,  1767,  under  the  Act  of  May  20, 
1767,  the  bench  to  consist  of  four  Judges,  to  be  Justices  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  and  Justices  of  the  Oyer  and  Terminer  and  Gene- 
ral Gaol  Delivery;  9  C.  R.,  393 — William  Allen,  C.  J.,  William 
Coleman,  John  Lawrence  and  Thomas  Willing.  In  1768  Mr. 
Justice  Coleman  retired  from  the  bench,  but  the  vacancy  occa- 
sioned by  his  resignation  was  not  filled  until  1774. 

1774 — The  following  gentlemen  were  commissioned  April  29, 
1774  (10  C.  R.,  173)  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Prov- 
ince, and  the  same  day  a  new  commission  was  issued,  assigning 
and  appointing  the  same  four  gentlemen  "  Justices  of  the  Court 
of  Oyer  and  Terminer  and  General  Gaol  Delivery  for  this  Prov- 
ince"— Benjamin  Chew,  C.  J.,  John  Lawrence,  Thomas  Willing, 
and  John  Morton,  of  Chester  county. 

The  Justices  of  the  Supreme   Court 

OF   THE    PROVINCE   OF    PENNSYLVANIA, 

From  1684  to  1776. 

But  two  lists  of  the  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Provincial  Court1 
have  been  published  before  the  one  now  presented.  The  first  one 
by  Peter  McCall,  Esq.,  in  his  lecture  before  the  Law  Academy  of 
Philadelphia,  in  the  year  1838,  and  reproduced  in  Brown' 's  Forum, 
and  one  by  me  in  my  History  of  Chester.  This  list  is  made  from 

1  The  following  letter  explains  itself:  "LONDON,  i8th  8th  mo.,  1685. 

"  Cosen  Markham  :  My  sincere  love  salutes  thee,  wishing  thy  prosperity 
every  way.  With  this  comes  Instructions  &  Concessions,  with  some  Company. 
I  hope  thou  hast  made  convenient  provision  for  them.  I  have  sent  my  Cosen, 
William  Crispin,  to  be  thy  Assistant,  as  by  Commission  will  appear.  His  Skill. 
Experience,  Industry  &  Integrity  are  well  known  to  me,  &  perticulerly  in  court- 
keeping  <ic  ;  so  that  it  is  my  will  &  pleasure  that  he  be  as  Chief  Justice,  to  keep 
the  Seal,  the  Courts  &  Sessions;  &  he  shall  be  accountable  to  me  for  it.  The 
proffits  redounding  are  to  his  proper  behoof.  He  will  show  thee  my  Instruc- 
tions, which  will  guide  you  all  in  the  business.  The  rest  is  left  to  your  discre- 
tion; that  is,  to  thee,  thy  two  Assistants  &  the  Councel. 

"  Now  I  shall  tell  thee  that,  if  thy  Inclinations  and  others  run  to  a  sea-life,  I 
shall  put  thee  in  Commander  of  a  vessel  to  carry  People  &  goods  betwixt  this 
Country  &  that;  which  if  ihou  thus  except,  come  with  all  the  Speed  thou  canst, 
that  thou  mayst  be  here  before  I  goe,  &  command  a  vessel  backwards :  the 
proffit  is  more,  &  I  think  the  credit  not  less.  But  this  is  left  to  thee  to  come 
or  stay  till  I  come  theither. 

"  Pray  be  very  respectful!  to  my  Cosen  Crispen.  He  is  a  man  my  father  had 
great  confidence  in  and  vallue  for.  Also  strive  to  give  Content  to  the  Planters, 
and  with  Meekness  and  Sweetness,  mixt  with  Authority,  carry  it  so  as  thou 


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the  Record  of  Commissions  at  Harrisburg,  and  other  authentic 
sources,  and  is  believed  to  be  absolutely  correct  in  everything 
except  some  few  dates  of  the  issuing  of  commissions. 

CHIEF'  JUSTICES. 

Dr.  Nicholas  More,         commissioned      4,  6  mo.,  1684 

James  Harrison,1  14,  7mo.,i68s 

Arthur  Cooke,  31,  i  mo.,  1686 

John  Simcock.z  2i,9mo.,i69o 

Andrew  Robeson,  May   29,    1693 

John  Guest,  "                20, 6  mo.  ,1701 

William  Clarke,3  — ,   1703 

John  Guest,  — ,   1705 

Roger  Mompesson,  April  17,  1706 

Joseph  Growden,  "               Nov.   20.   1707 

David  Lloyd,  "               Feb.   15,    1717 

Isaac  Norris,4  April    3,    1731 

James  Logan,  "               Aug.   20,   1731 

Jeremiah  Langhorne,  "               Aug.   13,   1739 

John  Kinsey,  April    5,    1743 

William  Allen,  "               Sept.   20.   1750 

Benjamin  Chew,  •'*               April    9,    1774 

mriyst  honour  me  as  well  as  thy  selfe;  and  I  do  hereby  promess  thec  I  will 
effectually  answear  it  to  thee  and  thyn. 

"  Give  the  Inclosed,  in  Sweed,  to  the  Sweed  Preist  to  read  to  the  Sweed*  : 
it  comes  from  the  Sweeds  embassador  in  England,  the  Ld.  Liembergh,  wh<>M.- 
lady  is  lately  dead.  Also  myn  to  the  Natives  and  the  Inhabitants,  and  be  ten- 
der of  my  creditt  with  all,  watching  to  prevent  all  fals  Storys;  and  inculcate 
all  the  honest  and  advantageous  things  on  my  behalf  that  may  be,  in  which  be 
diligent. 

"  I  can  say  no  more,  but  wish  you  all  prosperity,  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  to 
whom  I  commit  you  all,  and  rest 

"  Thy  true  Frd.  and  Affect.  Kinsman, 
WM.  PENN. 

i  P.  S.  ' — "  I  mention  the  ship  because  it  was  thy  motion  to  me." 

The  address  of  the  above  latter,  also  in  William  Penn's  handwriting,  is  : 

"For  William  Markham, 
Dept.  Govern'r  of 
PENNSYLVANIA." 

William   IVnn's  mother  and  William  Crispen's  mother  were  sisters.     Wil 
liam  Crispen  died  on  the  voyage  mentioned,  or  immediately  after  his  arrival  in 
"America. 

1  James  Harrison  declined,  and  died  the'6th  of  the  8  mo.,  1687,  aged  59. 
-Simcock  died  27th  I  mo.,  1703. 

( iue*t  declined  to  serve  for  some  reason,  and  Clarke  was  C.  J.  for  two  yi-ai>. 
1  Ik-dined  Aug.  20,  1731,  and  Logan  commissioned. 


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ASSOCIATE  JUSTICES. 

William  Welch,  commissioned      4,  6  mo.,  1684 

William  Wood,  4,  6  mo.,  1684 

Robert  Turner,  4,  6  mo.,  1684 

John  Eckley,  4,  6  mo.,  1684 

William  Clarke,  "                10,7  mo.  ,1684 

James  Claypoole,  14,  7  mo.,  1685 

Arthur  Cooke,  14,  71110.,  1685 

John  Cann,  "               31,1  mo.,  1686 

John  Simcock,  20,  7  mo.,  1686 

James  Harrison,  20,  7  mo.,  1686 

Joseph  Growden,  "               2,  2  mo.,  1690 

Peter  Alrichs,  "                7,  5  mo.,  1690 

Thomas  Wynne,  7,  5  mo.,  1690 

Griffith  Jones,  21,  9  mo.,  1690 

Edward  Blake,  "                21,9700.  ,1690 

William  Salway,  May   29,    1693 

Anthony  Morris,1  Aug.   10,   1694 

Cornelius  Empson,1  "                       about  1698 

Edward  Shippen,1  about  1699 

William  Biles,1  "                      about  1699 

Robert  French,  •'                20, 6mo.,i7oi 

Caleb  Pusey,  "               20, 6  mo.,  1701 

Thomas  Masters,  20,  6 mo.,  1701 

Samuel  Finney,  "               Sept.  — ,   1702 

John  Guest,  April   10,  1704 

Jasper  Yeates,  April   10,  1704 

William  Trent,  April   10,  1704 

Richard  Hill,  March  16,  1711 

Jonathan  Dickinson.  "               March  16,1711 

George  Roche,  "               June   10,   1715 

Robert  Assheton,  June  12,   1716 

Jeremiah  Langhorne,  Sept.    20,  1726 

Dr.  Thomas  Graeme,  "               April    9,    1731 

Thomas  Griffitts,  Aug.   13,   1739 

William  Till,  April    5,    1743 

Lawrence  Growden.  Sept.  20,   1750 

Caleb  Cowpland,  Sept.  20,   1750 

William  Coleman,2  April    8,    1758 

Alexander  Stedman,  Mar.  21,   1764 

John  Lawrence,  Sept.   14,  1767 

Thomas  Willing,  "                Sept.    14,  1767 

John  Morton,  April  29,  1774 

1  See  Martiri  s  History  of 'Chester,  pp.  73  .and  74. 

*  Mr.  Justice  Coleman  died  Jan.  1 1,  1769,  aged  64  years. 


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A  List  of  the  Justices 
Of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Lower  Counties, 

(/.   e.,   New   Cnstle,   Kent  and  Sussex,  on  the  Delaware.) 

CHIEF  JUSTICES. 

William  Clarke,.  21,  9  br,  1690 

Jasper  Yeates,  Dec.    3,     1707 

John  Healey,  April   n,  1710 

Richard  Birmingham,  Mar.    10,   1714 

Jasper  Yeates,  Aug.     i ,    1717 

Col.  John  French,  July    25>    1726 

David  Evans,  April  20,  1727 

Dr.  Samuel  Chew,1  — .   1741 

William  Till,-  before  1743 

Ryves  Holt,3  in    office    1757 

John  Vining,4  Nov.   27,    1764 

Richard  Me  William,'1  Oct.    30,    1773 

ASSOCIATE  JUSTICES. 

John  Simcock,  Nov.   21,   1690 

Arthur  Cooke,  Nov.   21,   1690 

Griffins  Jones,  Nov.   21,   1690 

Edward  Blake,  Nov.   21,   1690 

Richard  Halliwell,  Dec.     3,    1707 

William  Rodeney,  Dec.    3,    1707 

Jonathan  Bayley,  April  n,  1710 

Thomas  Bedwell,  April  n,  1710 

Barclay  Codd,8  April  n,  1710 

Richard  Birmingham,  Oct.     3,     1713 

James  Walker,  Oct.    3,     1713 

Isaac  Goodin,  Mar.    10,   1714 

Joseph  England,  Mar.    10,   1714 

John  Brewster,  Mar.    10,   1714 

Joseph  Wood,  March   i,  1715 

John  Brinkloe,7  March  i,  1715 

James  Steele,  March   i,  1715 

Barclay  Codd,6  March   i,  1715 

'In  I  Pa.  Magazine,  p.  472,  it  is  stated  that  Gov.  Thomas  in  1741,  ap- 
jx>inted  Dr.  Samuel  Chew  Chief  Justice,  cVc.  He  died  1743. 

7  In  4  Colonial  Records,  p.  640,  it  is  stated  that  William  Till  had  been  at  the 
head  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  lower  counties  for  many  years.  He  was 
afterwards  Collector  of  the  Port  of  New  Castle,  d.  April  13,  1766. 

s  The  date  of  Chief  Justice  Holt's  commission  I  have  not  been  able  to  obtain. 
He  died  in  1764,  and  was  succeeded  by  Vining. 

4  John  Vining  died  Nov.  13,  1770,  aged  46  years. 

:>  Chief  Justice  McWilliam,  died  May  9,  1786. 

"  Christian  name  probably  Berkeley. 

;  This  name  is  now  spelt  Hrinckle. 


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Jonathan  Bayley, 

Richard  Halliwell, 

John  Healey, 

William  Brinkloe, 

Timothy  Hanson, 

Joseph  Wood,1 

John  Brinkloe, 

James  Steele, 

Richard  Hinman, 

Samuel  Lowman,2 

Robert  Gordon, 

Benjamin  Shurmer, 

Henry  Brooke, 

Jonathan  Bayley, 

Richard  Grafton, 

Jehu  Curtis,  a.  NOV.  is,  1753,  a.ei, 

Thomas  Griffitts, 

William   Till,  Vice  Curtis,  dec'd  ;  6  C.  B.,  135 

John  Vining, 
Jacob  Van  Bebber,3 
Richard  McWilliam, 
John  Clowes, 
Caesar  Rodney, 
David  Hall, 
Samuel  Chew, 


March  i,  1715 

April  1 8,  1716 

April    2,  1717 

April    2,  1717 

.  April    2,  1717 

Aug.    i,  1717 

Aug.     i,  1717 

Aug.    i,  1717 

Aug.     i,  1717 

July   25,  1726 

July    25,  1726 

July   25,  1726 

July   25,  1726 

July   25,  1726 

April  20,  1727 

April    5,  1743 

Aug.     9,  1749 

Aug.    7,  1754 

June    4,  1757 

Nov.   27,  1764 

Nov.   27,  1764 

June     7,  1765 

May    4,  1769 

June  — ,  1769 

Oct.    30,  1773 


There  was  a  separate  Commission  issued  from  time  to  time  in 
the  Province  to  certain  persons  to  act  as  Judges  for  the  trial  of 
negroes.  I  have  only  noticed  the  following  for  the  lower  counties. 


JUSTICES  FOR  SUSSEX  COUNTY. 

William  Till,-  commissioned  July    25,    1726 

Philip  Russell,  "  July    25,    1726 

1  A  change  of  Governors  accounts  for  the  two  sets  of  appointments  in  the  year 
1717.     Previous  to  1757  there  appear  to  have  been  six  Justices  in  the  S.  C.  of 
the  lower  counties,  two  from  each  county.     In  1707  they  were  directed  to  hold 
sessions  at  New  Castle  on  Oct.  5th,  and  April  2ist.     To  make  two  circuits  in 
the  fall  and  spring  into  each  county — at  Kent  on  Oct.  gth  and  April  25th;  at 
Lewes  on  Oct,  igth  and  April  igth. 

2  The  Justices  appointed  in  1726,  are  called  in  the  3  C.  J?.,  p.  268,  "  Former 
Judges  of  the  Supream   Court  and  Commissioners  of  the  Oyer  and  Terminer 
and  General  Gaol  Delivery."     Grafton,  appointed  vice  Lowman. 

3  Van  Bebber,  in  place  of  Till,  disabled  by  infirmities,  and  McWilliam  and 
Clowes,  Justices,  9  C.  R.,  pp.  203,  267.     Rodney  and  Hall  were  appointed  in- 
stead of  Van  Bebber  and  Clowes,  deceased  ;  9  C.  -#.,pp.  581,  671. 


22  MARTJN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

JUSTICES  FOR  NEW  CASTLE. 

Evans  Rice,  commissioned  Jan.  25,  1771 

David  Finney,  Jan.  25,  1771 

John  Jones,  "  Dec.  9.  1775 

David  Finney,  .  "  Dec.  9,  1775 

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL. 
I  only  find  the  following  mentioned  for  the  lower  counties; 

David  French,  commissioned  ]u\y    25,    1726 

William  Shaw,1                     "  Oct.    26,    1728 

John  Ross,*                           "  April  26,  1739 

George  Read,                        "  — ,    1763 

Jacob  Moore,                        "  Oct.    20,    1774 

Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court 

OF   THK   COMMONWEALTH   OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

CHIEF  JUSTICES. 

Joseph  Reed,  declined  Mar.   20,   1777 

Thomas  McKean  ,s  commissioned      July    28,    1777 

1  Mr.  Shaw  was  recommended  for  the  office,  but  Mr.  French  was  continued. 

*  See  Life  of  George  Read,  p.  14,  1754,  "  John  Ross,  then  Attorney  General." 

s  Chief  Justice  McKean  was  re-commissioned  July  29,  1784,  and  again  on 

July  29,  1791.     The  following  interesting  biographical    statement    is   copied 

from  an  issue  of  the  Boston  yournal  of  several  years  ago  : 

"  The  fact  that  Thomas  McKean — signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
Chief  Justice  of  Pennsylvania,  and  Governor  of  the  State — studied  law  in  Lon 
don,  has  hitherto  escaped  the  notice  of  his  biographers,  and  is,  as  we  are  in- 
formed, unknown  to  his  descendants.  In  March,  1877,  John  Lathrop,  K.M|.. 
the  reporter  of  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  this  State,  bought,  at 
a  sale  by  auction  in  this  city,  a  work  in  two  volumes  entitled  '  The  Laws,  ( )nli 
nances  and  Institutions  of  the  Admiralty  of  Great  Britain,  Civil  and  Military,' 
published  in  London  in  1746.  In  one  of  the  volumes  was  written  the  name, 
'  Tho.  McKean,  of  the  Middle  Temple.'  It  occurred  to  Mr.  Lathrop  that  this 
might  be  the  signature  of  the  distinguished  Thomas  McKean,  and  on  com  par 
ing  it  with  his  signature  on  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  he  was  satisfied 
that  his  conjecture  was  correct.  The  signature  was  then  submitted  to  compe- 
tent experts  in  this  city,  and  was  by  them  said  to  be  genuine.  The  book  also 
.  had  stamped  on  the  cover  the  name  of  J.  B.  McKean.  The  Chief  Justice  had 
a  Min,  Joseph  Borden  McKean,  who  was  at  one  time  the  Attorney •<  urn  nil  <>! 
Pennsylvania.  There  could  be  no  doubt  that  the  work  had  once  been  owned 
by  the  Chief  Justice;  but,  to  establish  the  fact  beyond  a  peradventure  that  he 
had  studied  law  in  the  Middle  Temple,  Mr.  Lathrop  caused  inquiries  to  be 
made  in  London,  and  has  just  received  from  the  treasurer  of  the  Middle  Tem- 
ple a  note  stating  that  upon  search  into  the  records  of  the  Society,  he  finds  that 
Mr.  Thomas  McKean  was  admitted  a  member  on  May  gth,  1758,  and  was  <le 
scribed  as  the  son  of  William  McKean,  of  the  county  of  Chester,  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. This  properly  describes  Thomas,  the  signer,  Chief  Justice  and  Gov- 
ernor." He  died  June  24th,  1817,  aged  83;  having  been  admitted  to  the 
Bar  in  May,  1755.  This  admission  was  to  the  Bar  of  Chester  county,  and  is 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  23 

Edward  Shippen,  commissioned  Dec.    18,  1799 

William  Tilghman,  "  Feb.    28,  1806 

John  Bannister  Gibson,  "  May   18,  1827 

Jeremiah  S.  Black,  elected  Dec.    i,  1851 

Ellis  Lewis,1  by  rotation  Dec.    4,  1854 

Walter  H   Lowrie,2  "  Dec.     7,  1857 

George  W.  Woodward,  Dec.    7,  1863 

James  Thompson,5  Dec.    2,  1867 

John  Meredith  Read,  "  Dec.    2,  1872 

Daniel  Agnew,  "  Dec.    i,  1873 

George  Sharswood4  Dec.    4,  1878 

PUISNE  JUSTICES. 

William  Augustus  Atlee,5  commissioned      Aug.    16,  1777 

John  Evans,6  "  Aug.    16,    1777 

George  Bryan,7  "  April    3,    1780 

Jacob  Rush,  Feb.    26,   1784 

Edward  Shippen,  "  Jan.    29,    1791 

Jasper  Yeates,  "  Mar.   21,   1791 

William  Bradford,  "  Aug.   20,  1791 

Thomas  Smith,8  Jan.    31,    1794 

Hugh  Henry  Brackenridge,  "  Dec.    18,   1799 

John  Bannister  Gibson,  "  June  27,   1816 

Thomas  Duncan,  "  Mar.   14,   1817 

Molton  Cropper  Rogers,  "  April  15,  1821 

Charles  Huston,  "  April  17,  1826 

Horace  Binney,      declined  "  May   18,    1827 

John  Tod,  a.  Feb,  23,  isso,  a.  51,  "  May   25,    1827 

Frederick  Smith,  "  Jan.    31,    1828 

John  Ross,  April  16,  1830 

John  Kennedy,  "  Nov.   29,   1830 

Thomas  Sergeant,9  Feb.     3,     1834 

given  as  his  earliest  admission  to  be  found,  following  the  advice  of  Mr.  Binney 
in  his  strictures  on  Mr.  Williams'  Bar-list.  Thomas  McKean  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  on  April  lyth,  1758,  which  must 
have  been  just  before  he  sailed  for  England,  if  the  above  statement  is  correct, 
which  I  have  no  reason  to  doubt. 

1  Died  March  19,  1871,  aged  72  years. 

-  Died  Nov.  14,  1876,  aged  69  years. 

1  Died  January  27,  1874,  aged  68  years. 

4  Commission  to  take  effect  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1879.  His  term 
of  office  expires  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1883,  when  he  will  be  suc- 
ceeded by  Ulysses  Mercur,  as  Chief  Justice. 

'  William  Augustus  Atlee  died  Sept  9,  1793. 

"Judge  Evans  died  Dec.  — ,  1783. 

7  Re-commissioned  April  3,  1787  ;  died  January  27,  1791 ;  aged  60  years. 

8  For  obituary  of  Judge  Smith,  see  the  Portfolio  for  1809,  2  vol.,  p.  79,  and 
inscription  on  his  tombstone  in  Christ-Church  graveyard,  Philadelphia. 

9 Resigned  Oct.  I,  1846. 


24 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Thomas  Burnside, 
Richard  Coulter, 
Thomas  S.  Bell, 
George  Chambers, 
Jeremiah  S.  Black, 
Ellis  Lewis, 

John  Bannister  Gibson, 
Walter  H.  Lowrie, 
Richard  Coulter, 
George  W.  Woodward,1 
John  C.  Knox, 
Jeremiah  S.  Black, 
James  Armstrong, 
James  Thompson, 
William  Strong, 
William  A.  Porter, 
Gaylord  Church, 
John  M.  Read, 
Daniel  Agnew, 
George  Sharswood, 
Henry  W.  Williams,2 
Ulysses  Mercur, 
Isaac  Grantham  Gordon 
Edward  M.  Paxson,3 
Warren  J.  Woodward,3 
James  P.  Sterrett,4 
John  Trunkey, 
Henry  Green,5 
Silas  M.  Clark, 


commissioned 


elected 


appointed 
n 

elected 

appointed 

elected 

n 

appointed 

n 

elected 


appointed 
elected 


appointed 
elected 

appointed 
elected 


Jan'y 

2, 

1845 

Sept. 

16, 

1846 

Dec. 

18, 

1846 

April 

16, 

1851 

Oct. 

i45 

1851 

Oct. 

14, 

1851 

Oct. 

14, 

1851 

Oct. 

14, 

1851 

Oct. 

14, 

1851 

May 

8, 

1852 

May 

23, 

1853 

Oct. 

10, 

1854 

April 

6, 

1857 

Oct. 

13, 

1857 

Oct. 

13, 

1857 

Jan. 

20, 

1858 

Oct. 

22, 

1858 

Oct. 

12, 

1858 

Oct. 

13, 

1863 

Oct. 

8, 

1867 

Oct. 

26, 

1868 

Oct. 

8, 

1872 

Oct. 

I4> 

1873 

Nov. 

2, 

1874 

Nov. 

2, 

1874 

Feb. 

26, 

1877 

Nov. 

7> 

1877 

Sept. 

29, 

1879 

Nov. 

7, 

1882 

Standing  Masters  in  Chancery, 

COMMISSIONED   BY   THE   SUPREME   COURT. 


John  William  Wallace 
John  King  Findlay,6 
Joel  Jones, 
Garrick  Mallery, 


Dec.   20,   1844 
Jan.    n,    1853 

July    25,    1861 


'Judge  Woodward  was  appointed  in  place  of  Richard  Coulter,  who  died 
April  20,  1852.  Elected  October  12,  1852,  for  15  years. 

2  Judge  Williams  was  elected  in  October,  1869,  for  15  years. 

3  In  drawing  lots,  Judge  Paxson  drew  the  seniority. 

4  Judge  Sterrett  was  appointed  in  the  place  of  Williams,  deceased,  and  was 
afterwards  elected  Nov.  5,  1878.     Judge  Williams  died  February  19,  1877. 

5  Judge  Green  was  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  fill  the  vacancy  created  by 
the  death  of  Judge  Warren  J.  Woodward,  on  Sept.  5,  1879,  aged  60  years,  and 
on  Nov.  2,  1880,  was  elected  to  serve  for  15  years. 

•  The  Court  commissioned  Judge  Findlay  as  "  Standing  Auditor  and  Master 
in  Chancery,"  and  on  July  25,  1861,  Garrick  Mallery  was  appointed  "  Master 
and  Examiner  in  Equity,"  in  the  place  of  Joel  Jones,  deceased.  I  could  not 
find  the  date  of  the  latter's  appointment  on  the  Minutes. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  25 

Prothonotaries 

OF   THE   SUPREME   COURT   OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

Patrick  Robinson,1              in  office  n,  5  mo.,  1685 

David  Lloyd,2                      appointed  2,  8  mo.,  1686 

Robert  Assheton,*  Oct.    25,   1701 

Joshua  Lawrence,   -  m  office  tor  divers  years  past.-  Before  1 730-1 

1  The  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  have  the  MS.  minutes  of  the  County 
Court  of  Philadelphia  in  Patrick  Robinson's  handwriting.     I  identify  them  as 
of  that  court  by  the  case  of  Rambo,  I  C.  R.,  106      For  Pat  Robinson's  troubles, 
&c.,  see  i  C.  R.,  86,  87,  89,  90,  94,  95,  101,  108,  144  and  145. 

There  has  been  much  written  about  ancient  brick  houses  in  this  city  and  in 
Chester,  having  been  built  of  bricks  imported  from  England,  a  very  unlikely 
statement ;  I  think  the  story  is  disposed  of  by  the  following  copy  of  the  first 
mortgage  recorded  in  Philadelphia,  viz :  "  JOSEPH  BROWNE  to  PATRICK 
ROBINSON,  mortgage  Dated  loth  month,  'December,'  1685,  in  the  first  year 
of  the  King's  reign,  between  Joseph  Browne,  of  the  Town  and  Countie  oi 
Philadelphia  for  himself  in  name,  and  behalf  of,  and  as  partner  with  George 
Guest  of  the  said  Town  and  Countie,  Brickmakers,  of  the  one  part  &  Patrick 
Robinson,  Countie  Clark  of  Philadelphia,  of  the  other  part.  Witnesseth  That 
the  said  Joseph  Browne  for  himself  &c,  &c,  in  consideration  and  for  Securitie 
and  payment  of  the  sum  of  Fourtie  pounds,  due  &  owing  by  him  the  said 
Joseph  Browne  &c,  &c,  hath  bargained  sold  delivered  &  mortgaged  &  by  these 
prest's  doth  &c,  &c,  to  the  said  Patrick  Robinson  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever 
One  Negro  Man  named  Jack  formerlie  bought  by  him  from  the  said  Patrick 
Robinson,  as  by  bill  of  sale  of  the  Seventh  day  of  the  tenth  Mo.  *  *  * 
Provided  always,  nevertheless,  and,  on  this  express  provision  and  condition 
that  if  the  said  Joseph  Browne  (&c,  &c,  as  above,)  his  heirs,  execr's  adminr's 
&  assigns  doth  well  and  truly  pay  to  the  said  Patrick  Robinson  his  heirs  &c, 
&c,  the  sum  of  twentie  pounds  &  that  in  good  sound  well  burned  Merchantable 
Bricks  (such  as  the  said  Patrick  Robinson  his  heirs  and  assigns  shall  lyke  of 
after  they  come  to  his  or  their  gate,  £  after  he  or  they  have//V/fe  &  chose  the 
same,  &  rejected  the  unmerchantable,)  att  the  house  of  the  said  Patrick  Robin- 
son in  Philadelphia,  or  at  any  other  place  within  the  said  Towne  to  be  delivered 
at  the  rate  of  Sixteen  Shillings  pr  thousand,  amounting  in  the  whole  to  Twenty 
five  thousands  of  Brick,  and  'that  att  or  before  the  first  day  of  the  third  Mo. 
May,  1686.  As  Also  the  like  sum  of  twentie  pounds  and  that  in  Merchantable 
Corn,  beefe,  pork  and  English  goods.  Being  such  English  goods  as  the  said 
Patrick  Robinson  shall  have  occasion  for  and  to  his  content  at  his  house  in 
Philadelphia,  att  the  prices  then  there  current,  and  that  att  or  before  the  first 
day  of  third  Mo  (May)  1687,  without  fraud  coven  or  further  delay  :  that  then 
&  from  thenceforth  this  present  indenture  of  Sale  and  Mortgage  shal  be  utterlie 
extinct  and  that  then  also  it  shall  and  may  be  lawfull  for  the  said  Joseph  Browne 
his  heirs  &  assigns,  the  said  Negro  to  have  again,  retain  &  repossess  as  in  the 
former  estate  anything  herein  to  the  contrairie  thereof  in  anywise  notwithstand- 
ing." 

2  David  Lloyd  was  commissioned  on  the  2d  of  the  8th  month,  1686.     See  i 
C.  R.,  145,  in  place  of  Pat  Robinson,  dismissed. 

3  Robert  Assheton  was  appointed  Oct.  25,  1701,  Town  Clerk,  Clerk  of  the 
Peace  and  Clerk  of  the  Court  or  Courts,  by  William  Penn.     See  City  Charter, 
2  Proud,  Appendix,  Part  I,  p.  45.     On  Sept.  15,  1726,  he  said  he  had   been 
Clerk  and  Prothonotary  of  Philadelphia  for  about  26  years.     He  died  June  5, 
1727.     It  is  very  probable  that  the  above  appointment  by  Penn  carried  with  it 
the  Clerkship  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Province — at  all  events  he  was  cer- 
tainly in  office  as  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court,  June  6,  1709  ;  2  C.  R.,  474. 


26  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

James  Read,  in  office  June    6,  1748 

Edward  Shippen,  Jr.,1  Nov.    i,  1762 

Edward  Burd,  appointed  Sept.    i,  1778 

Joseph  Reed,  Jan'y    2>  1800 

Joseph  Barnes,  May    13,  1809 

John  Conard,  "  May    5,  1817 

Col.  Isaac  Franks,  i.  M.r.  s.  ISK.  ».  <»,  Feb.    18,  1819 

Wm.  Richardson  Atlee.  ?•  Mar.    9,  1822 

Joshua  Raybold,  "  Feb.     7,  1824 

William  Duane,2  "  April   23,  1829 

Stephen  Payran,  Jr. .  "  Nov.   26,  1835 

Henry  Witmer,  "  Mar.   24,  1836 

Joseph  Smith,  "  Feb'y  2,  1837 

Francis  W.  Hindman,  a.  NOV.  12.  i*4o,  a. :«.  Jan'y    J>  l&39 

Joseph  Simon  Cohen,  "  Dec.   16,  1840 

Robert  Tyler,3  "  Jan'y  n,  1853 

James  Ross  Snowden,  "  May    6,  1861 

Benjamin  Evan  Fletcher,  "  May  19,  1873 

Col.  Charles  S.  Greene,  "  May   24,  1880 

Attorneys-General 

OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

of  the  Province. 

John  White,  25,  8  mo.,  1683 

Samuel  Hersent,  i6thn,  1685-6 

David  Lloyd,  24,  2  mo.,  1686 

John  Moore,4  May    19,    1698 

Robert  Assheton,5  ,   1700 

1  Edward  Shippen,  Jr.,  was  in  office,  and  signs  himself  as  Prothonotary,  Sept. 
24,  1765.  See  4  Pa.  Archives,  243.  He  was  in  office  before  Nov.  i,  1762. 
9  C.  A.,  5. 

-  By  the  Act  of  April  14,  1834,  for  the  purpose  of  holding  the  Supreme 
Court,  the  Commonwealth  was  divided  into  four  districts,  denominated  the 
Kastern,  Western,  Northern  and  Middle  Districts,  and  a  Prothonotary  or  Clerk 
appointed  in  each  District.  I  have  no  records  of  any  other  District  than  the 
Kastern.  By  the  minutes  of  the  Middle  District,  Wallace  DC  Witt  was  the 
Prothonotary  in  office  May  2,  1864.  Robert  Snodgrass,  appointed  May  i, 
1871,  and  William  Pearson,  January  n,  1882. 

3  Robert  Tyler  was  a  son  of  John  Tyler,  of  Virginia,  one  of  the  Presidents  of 
the  United  States.     He  married    a   daughter  of  the   distinguished   actor,    Mr. 
Cooper,  and  abandoned  his  position  to  take  part  with  his  native  State  when  she 
attempted  to  secede  from  the  Union  in  1861. 

4  Moore  declined  at  first,  but  afterwards  accepted.     He  was  appointed  in  the 
first  place  Attorney-General  for  the   King;    i    C.  R.,  519,  and  afterwards   by 
I'enn.      I  Logan  Papers,  60. 

1  In  Futhey  &*  Code's  History  of  Chester  County  and  9  Pa.  Archives,  631, 
i  Jiid  series,)  the  following  are  given  as  Attorneys-General  of  the  Province  to 
1717.  "Oct.  25,  1683 — John  White.  Jan.  16,  1685 — Samuel  Hersent,  (com- 
revoked,)  Nov.  17,  1685 — John  White,  (special.)  April  24,  1686 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  27 

Par  Parmyter,1  10  mo.  2,  1701 

George  Lowther,  April    5,    1705 

Thomas  Clarke,2  May    8,     1708 

Andrew  Hamilton,  Sept.    7,    1717 

Joseph  Growden,  Jr.,  March  7,  1726 

John  Kinsey,  July     6,     1738 

Tench  Francis,  — ,   1741 

Benjamin  Chew,  Jan'y  J4>  J755 

Andrew  Allen,  Nov.     4,    1769 

Of  the    Commonwealth. 

John  Morris,  Jr.  pro  tern.  July    16,  1777 

Jonathan  Dickinson  Sergeant,  Nov.    i,  1777 

William  Bradford,  Jr.,  Nov.  23,  1780 

Jared  Ingersoll,  Aug.  22,  1791 

Joseph  Borden  McKean,  May    10,  1800 

Mahlon  Dickerson,  July   22,  1808 

Walter  Franklin,  Jan'y  9>  1809 

Joseph  Reed,  Oct.     2,  1810 

Richard  Rush,  Jan'y  26,  1811 

Jared  Ingersoll,  Dec'r  12,  1811 

Amos  Ellmaker,  Dec'r  21,  1816 

— David  Lloyd.  May  19,  1698 — John  Moore.  1700 — William  Assheton.  1701 
— Par  Parmyter.  April  5,  1705 — George  Lowlher.  June  24,  1708 — Thomas 
Clarke.  1710 — Robert  Quarry.  March  5,  1717 — Henry  Wilson."  William 
Assheton,  1700,  died  Sept.,  1723,  aged  33  years.  He  was  judge  of  the  Vice 
Admiralty  then.  He  was  born  about  1690.  and  it  must  have  been  his  father, 
Robert  Assheton,  who  was,  if  at  all,  only  for  a  brief  period,  Attorney-General 
in  1700.  I  am  afraid  that  the  error  as  to  Wm.  Assheton  has  its  origin  in  my 
History  of  Chester,  472,  and  I  can  recall  no  authority  for  its  insertion  there. 
"  In  the  year  i/oo,  James  Logan  speaks  of  David  Lloyd  as  the  then  Attorney 
General;"  I  Watson's  Annals,  521.  John  Moore  was  Attorney-General  19 
Dec.,  1700;  2  C.  y?.,  n. 

1  Par  Parmyter  was  Penn's  cousin,  and  appointed  before  this  date,  but  does 
not  seem  to  have  remained  long  in  the  Province,  as  Moore  was  again  in  office 
in  1703.     See  Logan  Papers,  I  Vol.,  38,  66,   113,   196  and  314.     See  State 
Papers,  4  Vol.,  Memoirs  of  the  Historical  Society,  p.  333. 

2  In  9  Pa.  Archives,  (2d  series),  page  631,  Henry  Wilson  is  given  as  com- 
missioned  Attorney-General   on   March  5,   1717,  to  succeed   Thomas  Clarke. 
Previously,  this  Attorney-General's  name  had  been  furnished  me  as  Thomas 
Wilson,    and    as    being    from    the    Records    of   Commissions    at    Harrisburg. 
Not    being    able    to    discover    that  any    lawyer   of  either    name  lived  in  the 
Pros-ince,  at  the  period  indicated,  I  asked  the  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs  to 
examine  the  Records  of  Commissions.     He   replied  by  his  Deputy,  April   5, 
1881  :  "  We  have  made  a  very  thorough  search,  not  only  through  the  records 
of  this  department,  but  also  through  those  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  and  are  un- 
able to  find  that  '  Henry  Wilson,'  or  '  Thomas  Wilson,'  were  Attorneys-General 
at  any  period."     In  the  Catalogue  of  the  Alumni  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, Thomas  Kittera,  a  graduate  of  1805,  is  noticed  as  Attorney-General 
of  Pennsylvania.     If  he   ever  held  the  office  the   Record  of  Commissions  at 
Harrisburg  would  have  shown  it. 


28  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Thomas  Sergeant,  July    6,  1819 

Thomas  Elder,  Dec'r  20,  1820 

Frederick  Smith,  Dec'r  18,  1823 

Calvin  Blythe,  Feb'y  5,  1828 

Amos  Ellmaker,  May    6,  1828 

Philip  S.  Markley,  Aug.   17,  1829 

Samuel  Douglass,  Feb.    10,  1830 

Ellis  Lewis,  Jan'y  29,  1831 

George  MirB in  Dallas,  Oct.    14,  1833 

James  Todd,  Dec.   18,  1835 

William  Bradford  Reed,  April    2,  1838 

Ovid  F.  Johnson,  Jan'y  15,  1839 

John  K.  Kane,  Jan'y  2I>  l845 

John  Meredith  Read,  June  23,  1846 

Benj'n  F.  Champneys,  Dec.    18,  1846 

James  Cooper,  July  31,  1848 

Cornelius  Darragh,  Jan'y   4,  1849 

Thomas  E.  Franklin,  April  28;  1851 

James  Campbell,  Jan'y  2I>  l852 

Francis  Wade  Hughes,  Mar.   14,  1853 

Thomas  E.  Franklin,         d.  M«y  w,  i«».          Jan'y  17,  1855 

John  C.  Knox,  a.  Aug.  w,  isao,          Jan'y  20,  1858 

Samuel  A.  Purviance,  a. Feb.u, im, n.w.          Jan'y  14,  1861 

William  Morris  Meredith,  June    3,  1861 

Benj'n  Harris  Brewster,  Jan'y  16,  1867 

Frederick  Carroll  Brewster,  Oct'r  26,  1869 

Samuel  E.  Dimmick,  Jan'y  22,  1873 

George  Lear,  Dec'r  6,  1875 

Henry  W.  Palmer,  Feb'y  25,  1879 

Justices  of  the  Peace, 

AND  OF  THE  COUNTY  COURTS  OF  PHILADELPHIA  COUNTY, 
FROM  1684  TO  1790. 

In  this  record,  in  spelling  the  names  of  the  Justices,  I  have  fol- 
lowed their  signature?  in  possession  of  the  Historical  Society  of 
Pennsylvania.  It  will  be  observed  that  the  members  of  the  Pro- 
vincial Council  are  not  on  the  Record  of  Commissions,  although 
they  were  ex-officio  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  of  the  Courts.  See 
i  C.  R.,  497  (2d  edition),  Sept  28,  1696. 

1682-3,  Jan'y  2.  From  the  original  Precept  to  the  Sheriff. 
Nicholas  More,  President,  Thomas  ffairman  and  Laurence  Cock. 

1684 — William  Welsh,  General  Commission  of  the  Peace,  ap- 
pointed 29th  3d  mo.,  1684.  He  died,  and  ( i  C.  R.,  66)  William 
Clarke  was  appointed  General  Justice,  igth  6th  mo.,  1684,  and 
the  following  Justices:  William  Clayton,  Robert  Turner  and 
Francis  Daniel  Pastorius. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  29 

1685 — Appointed  6th  9  mo.;  i  C.  R.,  112  and  127,  and  com- 
missioned Justices  of  the  Peace,  and  of  the  Courts  of  the  County 
of  Philadelphia — James  Claypoole,  William  Frampton,  Humphrey 
Murray,  William  Salway,  John  Bevan,  Lacey  Cock,  William 
Ward  tier,  Sr.,  Dr.  John  Goodsonn,  Robert  Turner  and  John 
Moon. 

1686 — Appointed  :  i  C.  R.,  134  and  143  — Christopher  Taylor, 
i7th  3d  mo.,  1686;  Barnabas  Wilcocks- and  William  Southebe, 
20th  yth  mo.,  1686.  William  Clarke,  Justice  for  ye  Province 
and  Territories,  2nd  8th  mo.,  1686;  i  C.  R.,  145. 

1687 —Appointed  i8th  3d  mo.;  i  C.  R.,  162— John  Eckley, 
Thomas  Ellis,  John  Goodsonn,  William  Southebe,  Barnabas  Wil- 
cocks, Joshua  Cart  and  John  Shelton. 

1688 — Commissioned  i2th  day  of  nth  month,  (see  Commis- 
sion in  Archives  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society,  at  Phila- 
delphia)— William  Markham,  Robert  Turner,  John  Eckley,  John 
Goodsonn,  Samuel  Carpenter,  Griffith  Jones,  Samuel  Richardson. 
Wm.  Salway,  Lasse  Cock,  Griffith  Owen,  Francis  Rawle  and  John 
Holme. 

1689-90 — Appointed  zd  nth  mo.;  i  C.  R.,  278 — Thomas 
Lloyd,  John  Eckley,  Robert  Turner,  William  Salway,  Barnabas 
Wilcocks,  Francis  Rawle,  Lawrence  Cock  and  John  Holme. 

1690 — Appointed  6th  7th  mo.;  i  C.  R.,  303 — Arthur  Cooke, 
added  to  the  Commission. 

1690— Commissioned  4th  gth  mo.,  1690 — "Justices  of  the 
Quorum,  Common  Pleas."  Record  of  Commissions,  Harrisburg 
—William  Markham,  Thomas  Ellis,  Dr.  John  Goodsonn  and 
Samuel  Jenings. 

1692 — 6th  Hazard's  Register,  281 — Arthur  Cooke,  Samuel 
Richardson,  Anthony  Morris  and  Robert  Ewer. 

1693 — May  5.  William  Salway,  Esqr  did  solemnlie  promise 
to  execute  the  Office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  throughout  the 
whole  province  and  Countrey ;  i  C.  R.,  331 — Appointed  May 
6,  1693 — Anthony  Morris,  Jacob  Hall,  Francis  Rawle,  Francis 
Danl.  Pastorius,  Andrew  Bankson,  Griffith  Owen,  a  former  Jus- 
tice, did  decline.  May  xoth — Humphrey  Waterman.  July  i8th 
—Joshua  Carpenter. 

1697 — Mentioned  Feb.  12,  1697-8;  i  C.  R.,  498 — Edward 
Shippen,  Anthony  Morris,  Charles  Sober,  John  Farmer.  James 
ffox  and  Samuel  Richardson. 

1700 — Mentioned  igth  10  br.  in  2  C.  R.,  4 — Edward  Shippen, 
Samuel  Richardson,  Nathan  Stanbury  and  John  Jones. 

1701 — Commissioned  2d  7th  mo.,  1701 — See  Record  of  Com- 
missions— John  Guest,  Samuel  Finney,  Edward  Farmer,  Rowland 
Ellis,  Robert  French,  Andrew  Bankson,  Samuel  Richardson. 
Nathan  Stanbury  and  John  Jones. 

1703  — 7th  7  mo.;   i  Logan  Papers,   236.     Mentioned  as  the 

5 


30  MARTIN'S  BKNCH  AND  BAR 

only  Judges  sworn — John  Guest,  Samuel  Finney,  Edward  Farmer 
and  Andrew  Bankson. 

1704 — Appointed  4th  7  mo.;  2  C.  R.,  163 — John  Guest, 
Samuel  Finney,  George  Roche,  Samuel  Richardson,  Nathan 
Stanbury,  John  Jones,  Joseph  Pidgeon,  Edward  Farmer,  Row- 
land Ellis  and  Andrew  Bankson,  Jr. 

1706 — Commissioned  nth  mo.,  as  Justices  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas.  See  Record  of  Commissions.  Day  of  the 
month  not  recorded — Joseph  Growden,  William  Biles,  Samuel 
Dark,  Joseph  Kirkbride,  Willoughby  Warder,  Jeremiah  Lang- 
home  and  Thomas  Stevenson. 

1707 — Commisssioned  March  3d,  Justices  of  the  Common 
Pleas,  Quarter  Sessions  and  Equity  See  Record  of  Commissions 
— Joseph  Growden,  Samuel  Finney,  Nathan  Stanbury.  John  Jones, 
George  Roche,  Edward  Farmer,  Joseph  Pidgeon,  Rowland  Ellis 
and  Peter  Bankson. 

1715 — Commissioned  June  4th.  See  Record  of  Commissions 
and  2  C.  J?.,  626 — Richard  Hill,  Benjamin  Vining.  Isaac  Nurris. 
James  Logan,  Nathan  Stanbury,  Edward  Farmer,  Rowland  Ellis, 
Josiah  Rolfe,  John  Swift,  Samuel  Carpenter,  Joseph  Fisher,  and 
Robert  Jones.  The  Mayor  and  Recorder  were  added  to  the  Com- 
mission always;  2  C.  R.,  626.  Richard  Hill  was  Mayor  and 
Robert  Assheton  Recorder,  in  1715,  but  the  latter  is  not  men- 
tioned in  the  Record  of  Commissions. 

1715 — Commissioned  Sept.  ist.  See  Record  of  Commissions. 
No  reason  is  given  for  two  commissions  this  year — Richard  Hill, 
Isaac  Norris,  James  Logan,  Nathan  Stanbury,  Edward  Farmer, 
Rowland  Ellis,  Benjamin  Vining,  Josiah  Rolfe,  Richard  Anthony, 
John  Swift  and  Robert  Jones. 

1717 — Commissioned  Sept.  2d.  Record  of  Commissions,  3  C. 
H.,  17— Richard  Hill,  Isaac  Norris,  James  Logan,  Anthony  Pal- 
mer, Nathan  Stanbury,  Edward  Farmer,  Rowland  Ellis,  Benjamin 
Vining,  Josiah  Rolfe,  John  Swift,  Robert  Jones,  Clement  Plum- 
sted  and  Morris  Morris. 

1718 — Commissioned  Aug.  19,  and  re-commissioned  Nov.  29, 
1718;  3  C.  Jf.,  40,  and  Record  of  Commissions — Richard  Hill. 
Isaac  Norris,  James  Logan,  Jonathan  Dickinson,  Robert  Asshe- 
ton, Anthony  Palmer,  Nathan  Stanbury,  Edward  Farmer,  Rowland 
Ellis,  Benjamin  Vining,  Josiah  Rolfe,  Clement  Plumsted,  John 
Swift,  Robert  Jones  (Merion),  Robert  Jones  (North  Wales),"  An 
drew  Hamilton,  Samuel  Perez,  Samuel  Carpenter,  Richard  Moore 
and  Charles  Read. 

1719 — Commissioned  Dec.  5  ;  from  Record  of  Commissions — 
Richard  Hill,  James  Logan,  Isaac  Norris,  Jonathan  Dickinson, 
William  Fishbourne,  Robert  Assheton.  Anthony  Palmer,  Nathan 
Stanbury,  Edward  Farmer,  Rowland  Ellis,  Benjamin  Vining, 
Clement  Plumsted,  John  Swift,  Robert  Jones  (Merion),  Robert 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  31 

Jones  (North  Wales),  Samuel  Perez,  Samuel  Carpenter,  Richard 
Moore  and  Charles  Read. 

1722 — Commissioned  June  4;  from  Record  of  Commissions — 
Richard  Hill,  James  Logan,  Isaac  Norris,  Jonathan  Dickinson, 
William  Fishbourne,  Robert  Assheton,  Anthony  Palmer,  Row- 
land Ellis,  Benjamin  Vining,  Clement  Plumsted,  John  Swift, 
Robert  Jones  (North  Wales),  Samuel  Carpenter,  Charles  Read, 
Francis  Rawle  and  Robert  Fletcher. 

1723 — Commissioned  Feb.  18.  Record  of  Commissions  — 
Richard  Hill,  James  Logan,  Isaac  Norris,  Robert  Assheton,  An- 
'thony  Palmer,  William  Fishbourne,  Josiah  Rolfe,  Edward  Farmer, 
Benj.  Vining,  Clement  Plumsted,  John  Swift,  Robert  Jones  (North 
Wales),  Samuel  Carpenter,  Charles  Read,  Rees  Thomas,  Francis 
Rawle,  Robert  Fletcher,  Richard  Alborough,  Thomas  Lawrence, 
Evan  Owen,  John  Cadwalader  and  Edward  Roberts. 

1725 — Commissioned  May  12.  Record  of  Commissions — 
Richard  Hill,  Isaac  Norris,  Robert  Assheton,  Anthony  Palmer, 
William  Fishbourne,  Edward  Farmer.  Clement  Plumsted,  John 
Swift,  Robert  Jones  (North  Wales),  Samuel  Carpenter,  Charles 
Read,  Rees  Thomas,  Francis  Rawle,  Robert  Fletcher,  Robert 
Fisher,  Thomas  Lawrence,  Evan  Owen,  John  Cadwalader  and 
Edward  Roberts. 

1726 — Commissioned  Sept.  i;  3  C.  J?.,  271,  298,  and  Or- 
phans' Court  Docket,  No.  i — Isaac  Norris,  James  Logan,  An- 
thony Palmer,  Samuel  Preston,  William  Fishbourne,  Edward 
Farmer,  Clement  Plumsted,  John  Swift,  Charles  Read,  Robert 
Fletcher,  Thomas  Lawrence,  Evan  Owen,  Edward  Roberts, 
Thomas  Fenton,  Richard  Harrison,  Joseph  Ashton,  Derick  Jansen 
(Germantown),  and  Owen  Evan  (North  Wales),  and  on  Sept.  15, 
1726,  (3  C.  If.,  273) — Robert  Assheton;  but  not  to  sit  on  the 
Bench,  as  he  was  Clerk  of  the  Peace  and  Prothonotary  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas. 

1727 — Commissioned  Sept.  2 — Isaac  Norris,  James  Logan, 
Anthony  Palmer,  William  Fishbourne,  Edward  Farmer,  John 
Swift,  Clement  Plumsted,  Charles  Read,  Thomas  Lawrence,  Ed- 
ward Roberts,  Thomas  Fenton,  Richard  Harrison,  Joseph  Ash- 
ton,  Derick  Jansen  and  Owen  Evan. 

1 732-3  ~  Appointed  March  5  ;  3  C.  R.,  528 — Isaac  Norris, 
Clement  Plumsted,  Thomas  Lawrence,  Samuel  Hasell.  Edward 
Farmer,  Chas.  Read,  Edward  Roberts,  Richard  Harrison,  Derick 
Jansen,  Owen  Evan,,  William  Allen,  George  Boone,  Thomas 
Griffitts,  George  Fitzwater,  Richard  Martin,  Lassey  Bore,  John 
Pawlin,  Mordecai  Lincoln,  and  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  of  the 
City  of  Philadelphia,  for  the  time  being. 

1733  —Commissioned  Dec.  3 — Isaac  Norris,  Clement  Plumsted, 
Thomas  Lawrence,  Samuel  Hasell,  Thomas  Griffitts,  Charles  Read, 
Edward  Farmer,  Edward  Roberts,  Richard  Harrison,  Derick  Jan- 


32  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

sen,  Owen  Evan,  William  Allen,  George  Boone,  George  Fitzwater, 
Richard  Martin,  John  Pawlin,  Mordecai  Lincoln,  Evan  Thomas. 
Henry  Pastorius,  and  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  of  the  cjty. 

1738 — Appointed  Nov.  22;  4  C.  ft.,  312 — Clement  Plumstcd. 
Thomas  Lawrence,  Samuel  Hasell,  Ralph  Assheton,  Thomas  Grif- 
fins, Edward  Farmer,  Edward  Roberts,  Richard  Harrison,  Derirk 
Jansen,  William  Allen,  George  Boone,  George  Fitzwater,  James 
Hamilton,  Thomas  Fletcher,  William  Till,  Cadwalader  Foulke, 
Abram  Taylor,  Jonathan  Robeson,  Owen  Evan  (Limerick;,  Ed- 
ward Reece  (Manhatawney),  David  Humphreys  (Merion,)  and 
the  Mayor  and  Recorder  of  Philadelphia,  for  the  time  being. 

1741 — Appointed  April  4;  $C.R.,  482.  Commissioned  April 
10,  1741.  Record  of  Commissions — Clement  Plumsted,  Thomas 
Lawrence,  Samuel  Hasell,  Ralph  Assheton,  the  Mayor  and  Re- 
corder of  Philadelphia,  Edward  Roberts,  Richard  Harrison,  Wil- 
liam Allen,  George  Boone,  George  Fitzwater,  James  Hamilton, 
William  Till,  Abram  Taylor,  Jonathan  Robinson,  Owen  Kvan 
(Limerick,)  Isaac  Leech,  Benjamin  Shoemaker,  Joseph  Paschall. 
Joshua  Maddox,  Robert  Strettell  and  Derrick  Keyser.  In  the 
appointments  appears  the  name  of  Griffith  Llewellyn,  but  his 
name  is  not  in  the  commission. 

1745  —  Commissioned  May  27;  4  C.  R.,  762 — Thomas  La\\- 
.rence,  Samuel  Hasell,  Ralph  Assheton,  Abram  Taylor,  Robert 
Strettell,  the  Mayor  and  Recorder,  William  Allen,  Richard  Har- 
rison, George  Boone,  George  Fitzwater,  Jonathan  Robinson 
(Robeson  in  the  Commission,1,  Owen  Evan  (Limerick),  Benjamin 
Shoemaker,  Joshua  Maddox,  Septimus  Robinson,  Griffith  Llew- 
ellyn, Derrick  Keyser,  Edward  Shippen,  Joseph  Turner,  Charles 
Willing,  Thomas  Venables,  Nicholas  Ashton,  Thomas  Fletcher. 
Samuel  Morris  (Whitemarsh),  Thomas  Yorke,  James  Delaplaine, 
Francis  Parvin,  John  Potts  and  Anthony  Lee,  Esquires. 

1749— Appointed  June  30  ;  5  C.  R.,  388— Thomas  Lawrence, 
Samuel  Hasell,  Abram  Taylor,  Robert  Strettell,  Benjamin  Shoe- 
maker, Joseph  Turner,  Thomas  Hopkinson,  William  Logan,  the 
Mayor  and  Recorder  of  the  City,  William  Allen,  Jonathan  Rob- 
inson, Owen' Evan,  Joshua  Maddox,  Septimus  Robinson,  Edward 
Shippen,  Charles  Willing,  Thomas  Venables,  Nicholas  Ashton, 
Thomas  Fletcher,  Samuel  Morris  (Whitemarsh),  Thomas  Yorke, 
Francis  Parvin,  John  Potts,  Anthony  Lee,  William  Coleman, 
Benjamin  Franklin,  Rowland  Evans  and  John  Smith  (son-in-law 
of  James  Logan.) 

1750 — Deed  Book  H,  No.  13,  page  256 — Samuel  Mifflin. 

1751 — Commissioned  March  25.  Record  of  Commissions — 
Jonah  Seely  and  Conrad  Weiser. 

1752 — Appointed  by  Council,  May  25,  1752;  5  C.  R.,  572, 
and  commissioned  by  the  Governor,  May  30,  1752  — Thomas 
Lawrence,  Robert  Strettell,  Benjamin  Shoemaker,  Joseph  Turner, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  33 

William  Logan,  Owen  Evan,  Joshua  Maddox,  Septimus  Robinson, 
Edward  Shippen,  Charles  Willing,  Nicholas  Ashton,  Thomas 
Fletcher,  John  Potts,  William  Coleman,  Benjamin  Franklin,  John 
Smith,  Rowland  Evans,  William  Plumsted.  Thos.  White,  John 
Mifflin.  Henry  Antes,  Henry  Pawling,  Samuel  Ash  mead,  John 
Jones,  Abraham  Dawes,  and  on  Aug.  i,  Charles  Brockden. 

1757 — Appointed  Nov.  27;  7  C.  R.,  769  — William  Coleman, 
(promoted  to  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  April  8, 
1758),  Joshua  Maddox,  Septimus  Robinson,  John  Potts,  Rowland 
Evans,  William  Plumsted,  Henry  Pawling,  Samuel  Ashmead, 
John  Jones,  William  Peters,  Atwood  Shute,  Alexander  Stedman, 
Samuel  Mifflin,  Jacob  Duche,  Isaac  Jones,  Evan  Thomas,  John 
Roberts,  Archibald  McLean,  Enoch  Davis,  William  Dewees, 
John  Coplin,  George  Evans  and  Isaac  Ashton. 

1759 — Commissioned  Oct.  20 — James  Humphreys  and  John 
Hughes.  These  are  the  only  names  on  the  Record  of  Commis- 
sions at  this  date.  James  Humphreys  was  a  Notary  Public,  and 
was  made  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  to  accommodate  him  in  that 
office,  which  he  held  for  a  long  series  of  years  ;  see  10  C.  R.,  46. 
On  Feb.  8,  1761,  five  writs  of  supersedeas  were  issued  to  Thomas 
Yorke,  Rowland  Evans,  John  Potts,  Samuel  Wharton  and  John 
Hughes,  late  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas,  forbidding  them  ex- 
ercising the  powers  granted  them  by  Governor  Denny;  8  C.  R.^ 
575.  They  were  commissioned  only  as  Judges  of  the  Common 
Pleas,  on  October  20,  1759  ;  no  doubt  they  held  the  Quarter  Ses- 
sions. In  the  Record  of  Commissions,  Samuel  Wharton  heads 
the  list,  and  would  therefore  appear  to  be  the  prior  Judge,  but  I 
have  followed  the  Colonial  Records,  as  above,  and  as  will  appear 
in  the  list  of  the  Justices  and  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas.  See 
also  the  Orphans'  Court  Dockets,  wherein  it  is  shown  that  Thomas 
Yorke  and  his  associates  held  that  Court  from  Dec.  8,  1759,  until 
they  were  superseded. 

1761 — Commissioned  Feb.  28;  8  C.  R.,  575 — Alexander  Sted- 
man, (advanced  to  Associate  Justice  of  the  S.  C.,  March  20,  1761,1 
William  Plumsted.  Septimus  Robttison,  John  Potts,  Junior,  Row- 
land Evans,  Henry  Pawling,  Samuel  Ashmead,  John  Jones  (Ger- 
mantown),  William  Peters,  Samuel  Mifflin,  Jacob  Duche,  Isaac- 
Jones,  William  Coxe,  Thomas  Willing,  Daniel  Benezet,  Edward 
Penington,  Samuel  Shoemaker,  William  Parr,  Joshua  Howell, 
Evan  Thomas,  John  Roberts  (Miller),  Archibald  McLean,  Enoch 
Davis,  William  Dewees,  John  Coplin,  George  Evans,  Isaac  Ash- 
ton, Henry  Harrison,  James  Coultas,  John  Trump,  John  Bull, 
and  William  Mayberry,  and  on  March  4,  Jarnes  Humphreys.  In 
8  C.  R.,  575,  will  be  found  the  list  of  gentlemen  recommended 
for  Justices  to  the  Governor,  on  Feb.  28,  1761,  which  it  will  be 
perceived  differs  from  the  foregoing  in  this,  Jacob  Hall  is  omitted, 
and  William  Parr  substituted. 


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1764 — Commissioned  Nov.  19 — William  Plumsted,  Septimus 
Robinson,  Samuel  Ashmead,  William  Peters,  Samuel  Mifflin, 
Jacob  Duche,  Isaac  Jones,  William  Coxe,  Thomas  Willing,  Daniel 
Benezet,  Samuel  Shoemaker,  William  Parr,  Evan  Thomas,  Archi- 
bald McLean,  William  Dewees,  Henry  Harrison,  James  Coultas, 
Jacob  Hall,  John  Bull,  Thomas  Lawrence,  Jr.,  John  Lawrence. 
George  Bryan,  William  Humphreys.  Frederick  Antes,  Peter  Evans, 
James  Biddle,  Alexander  Edwards  and  James  Humphreys. 

1765 — Commissioned  Jan.  17 — Enoch  Davis. 

1767 — John  Allen,  commissioned  March  20  ;  and  Charles  Jolly, 
Sept.  14,  1767. 

1768 — Charles  Batho,  commissioned  June  13. 

1770 — Commissioned  June  4 — Isaac  Jones,  Samuel  Ashmcud. 
Samuel  Mifflin,  Jacob  Duche,  Samuel  Shoemaker,  William  Parr, 
Evan  Thomas,  Archibald  McLean,  William  Dewees,  Jacob  Hall, 
Thomas  Lawrence,  John  Bull,  George  Bryan,  Frederick  Antes, 
James  Biddle,  Alex.  Edwards,  John  Allen,  Charles  Jolly,  James 
Young,  Charles  Batho,  John  Gibson,  Peter  Chevalier,  Peter 
Knight,  and  John  Potts;  and  on  June  21,  James  Humphreys. 
the  Notary  Public. 

1771  —John  Moore,  commissioned  Aug.  i,  and  on  Aug.  20, 
Matthew  Clarkson,  the  Notary  Public. 

1772 — Commissioned  Jan.  i  •;  10  C.  R.,  46  — Peter  Miller,  the 
Notary  Public,  to  aid  him  in  his  office.  &c. 

1772- Commissioned  April  27  — Isaac  Jones,  Samuel  Ashmead. 
Samuel  Mifflin,  Jacob  Duche,  Samuel  Shoemaker,  William  Parr, 
Archibald  McLean,  John  Bull,  George  Bryan,  Frederick  Antes, 
James  Biddle,  Alex  Edwards,  John  Allen,  James  Young,  John 
Gibson,  John  Potts,  John  Moore,  Thomas  Rutter,  James  Dieiner. 
Samuel  Potts,  George  Clymer,  Lindsay  Coats,  Charles  Bensel 
and  Samuel  Irwin,  and  the  following  Notaries-Public,  to  assist 
them  in  their  office,  viz:  James  Humphreys,  Matthew  Clarkson, 
Peter  Miller  and  John  Ord  ;  and  on  May  4 — Samuel  Powel  and 
Henry  Hill;  10  C.  R.,  47. 

1773 — Justices  of  the  Quarter  Session:;  and  Common  Pleas. 
From  Aitkeri }s  Register,  1773,  P-  3° — Isaac  Jones,  President: 
Samuel  Ashmead,  Samuel  Mifflin,  Jacob  Duche,  Samuel  Shoe- 
maker, William  Parr,  Archibald  McClean,  John  Bull,  George 
Bryan,  Frederick  Antes,  James  Biddle,  Alexander  Edwards,  John 
Allen,  James  Young,  John  Gibson,  John  Potts,  John  Moore. 
Thomas  Rutter,  James  Diemer,  Samuel  Potts,  George  Clymer. 
Samuel  Irwin,  Lindsay  Coates,  James  Humphreys,  Matthew 
Clarkson,  Peter  Miller,  John  Ord,  Samuel  Powell  and  Henry 
Hill. 

i  774  —Justices  of  the  C.  P.  and  Q.  S.  From  Aitkeri 's  Re»i<-ni 
brancer — Samuel  Ashmead,  President ;  and  the  above  Justices. 


OP'    PHILADELPHTA.  35 

excepting  Isaac  Jones,  and  with  Alexander  Wilcocks,  commission- 
ed March  4;  10  C.  R.,  155. 

1776 — By  ordinance  of  the  Convention  of  Sept.  3.  See  Min- 
utes of  the  Convention,  page  73 — Benjamin  Franklin,  John  Dick- 
inson, George  Bryan,  James  Young,  James  Biddle,  John  Morris, 
Jr.,  Joseph  Parker,  John  Bayard,  Sharpe  Delarry,  John  Cadwala- 
der,  Joseph  Cowperthwaite,  Christopher  Marshall  (the  elder), 
Francis  Gurney,  Robert  Knox,  Matthew  Clarkson,  William  Coats, 
William  Ball,  Philip  Boehm,  Francis  Casper  Hassenclever,  Thomas 
Cuthbert  (the  elder),  Moses  Bartram,  Jacob  ^Shreiner,  Joseph 
Moulder,  Jonathan  Paschall,  Benjamin  Paschall,  Benjamin  Harbe- 
son,  Jacob  Bright,  Henry  Hill,  Samuel  Ashmead,  Frederick  Antes, 
Samuel  Irwin,  Alex.  Edwards,  Seth  Quee,  Samuel  Potts,  Rowland 
Evans,  Charles  Bensel  and  Peter  Evans. 

1777—  Commissioned  March  28  ;  n  C.  R.,  194 — James  Young, 
John  Ord,  Joseph  Redman,  Sr. ,  Isaac  Howell,  George  Henry, 
Plunket  Fleeson,  Benjamin  Paschall  and  Philip  Boehm. 

1777 — Commissioned  June  6;  n  C.  R.,  215 — Samuel  Ashmead, 
George  Bryan,  James  Young,  John  Moore,  John  Ord,  Jonathan 
Paschall,  Joseph  Redman,  Sr.,  Peter  Evans,  George  Henry,  Plun- 
ket Fleeson,  Isaac  Howell,  Benjamin  Paschall,  Seth  Quee,  Andrew 
Knox,  John  Knowles,  David  Todd,  Philip  Boehm,  Zebulon  Potts 
and  John  Richards,  and  on  July  25,  William  McMullin. 

1778 — July  6,  Jonathan  Bayard  Smith;  Oct.  21,  David  Kennedy; 
Nov.  10,  Henry  Naglee,  Joseph  Cowperthwaite  ;  Dec.  16,  John 
Miller  and  Michael  Croll. 

1779  -Commissioned  Jan.  5  —William  Ball,  William  Adcock, 
Samuel  Morris,  Jr.,  and  May  7, William  Rush. 

1780 — Commissioned  June  7 — John  Howell;  12  C.  R.,  379. 

1783 — Commissioned  July  12 — William  Dean;    13  C.  R.,  625. 

1784 — 14  C.  R.,  54,  &c.  ;  Frederick  Augustus  Muhlenberg, 
Samuel  Wharton,  Isaac  Howell,  John  Knowles, 'William  Masters, 
Manuel  Eyre,  John  Richards,  Henry  Scheetz,  Plunket  Fleeson, 
John  Gill  and  Jonathan  Penrose. 

1785 — John  Nice,  James  Loughead,  Joseph  Wharton  and  Ed- 
ward Shippen  ;  14  C.  R.,  316,  344,  381. 

1786 — 14  C.  R.,  629,  660,  669,  672;  15  C.  R.,  17,  26 — Dr. 
Enoch  Edwards,  William  Craig,  William  Pollard,  Matthew  Hoi- 
gate,  John  Gill,  Lewis  Weiss  and  William  Rush. 

1787 — 15  C.  R.,  160,  192,  272 — Feb.  9,  Alexander  Tod;  April 
7,  Matthew  Irwin  ;  and  Sept.  12,  Robert  McKnight. 

1788 — Jan'y  10,  William  Nichols;  March  31,  Joseph  Ferree  ; 
April  3,  Jacob  Weaver  ;  May  9,  Joseph  Wharton  and  William 
Masters  to  be  Justices  of  the  Common  Pleas  ;  15  C.  R.,  452  ;  Aug. 
26,  William  Coats;  Aug.  29,  William  Craig;  Sept.  22,  Clement 
Biddle;  and  Nov.  25,  James  Biddle. 


36  MARTIN'S  BENCH   AND  BAR 


The  County  Courts 

OF   THE   COUNTY   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

Under  the  Royal  Charter  to  William  Penn  there  were  established 
in  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  three  separate  County  Courts, 
viz:  The  Common  Pleas,  Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace,  (2  C. 
Jt.,  243),  and  the  Orphans'  Court,  to  be  held  by  the  Justi< 
the  Peace ;  and  a  Supreme  Provincial  Court  to  hear  appeals  from 
the  County  Courts.  Special  Courts  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  were 
held  by  Judges  specially  commissioned  from  time  to  time,  d  C. 
R.,  in,  112,  114,  &c..)  one  or  more  Judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  being  generally  included  in  the  commission.  Finally  the 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  were  commissioned  always  as  the 
Justices  of  the  Oyer  and  Terminer  and  General  Gaol  Delivery, 
(9  C.  J?.,  393).  And  the  Governor  and  Council  sat  as  a  Court 
of  Equity  in  all  matters.  In  addition  to  the  regular  County 
Court  a  tribunal  was  established  called  the  "  PEACE  MAKI 
consisting  of  three  persons,  who  were  appointed  by  the  Justices, 
and  whose  duties  were  something  similar  to  those  of  arbitrators 
at  the  present  day.  Or,  to  use  the  language  of  Penn,  they  were 
appointed  "  to  prevent  law-suits,  to  act  in  the  nature  of  arbitra- 
tors, to  hear  and  to  end  differences  between  man  and  man." 
And  a  Supreme  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  for  the  Trial  of  Ne- 
groes was  also  formed.  —Book  A,  4,  p.  78,  &c. 

The  first  Grand  Jury  summoned  in  the  county  of  Philadelphia 
is  thus  announced  in  i  C.  R.,  31,  on  the  25th  of  the  8th  month, 
1683  :  "  A  Grand  Inquest  were  Impanneld  and  Attested,  whose 
names  are  as  followed  :  Tho:  Lloyd,  foreman,  Enoch  Flower. 
Rich.  Wood,  Jno.  Hardin.  Jno.  Hill.  Edw'd  Louff,  Ja:  Boyden, 
Nich:  Walne,  Jno:  James,  Jno:  Vanborson,  Robt.  Hall,  Valt.  Hol- 
lingsworth,  Alexer.  Draper,  Jno:  Louff,  Jno:  Wale,  Samll.  Darke, 
Jno:  Parsons,  Jno:  Blunstone,  Tho:  ffitchwater,  Wm.  Guest,  Jno. 
Curtis,  Robt.  Lucas,  Hen:  Jones,  Caleb  Pusy."  And  the  next 
day  they  found  a  true  bill  against  Charles  Pickering  for  a  "  Hey- 
nous  and  Grevious  Crime,"  (counterfeiting),  and  the  following 
Petty  Jury  were  sworn  to  try  him:  "John  Claypoole,  foreman, 
Robt.  Turner,  Robt.  Euer,  Andrew  Bankson,  Jno:  Barnes,  Jos. 
ffisher,  Dennis  Rochford,  Wm:  Howell,  Walt'r  King,  Benj: 
Whitehead,  Tho:  Rouse,  David  Briutnell."  John  White,  Attor- 
ney-General. 

Under  the  Charter  of  Wm.  Penn  to  Philadelphia,  in  1701,  the 
Mayor,  Recorder  and  Aldermen  were  "  Justices  of  the  Peace  and 
Justices  of  the  Oyer  and  Terminer,"  this  was  the  City  Court: 
The  Recorder  presided.  Four  to  be  a  quorum,  whereof  the 
Mayor  and  Recorder  were  two.  The  City  Magistrates,  under 
the  charter,  also  sat  in  the  Common  Pleas. 

In  1701,  an    Act    passed    providing   for  the  appointment   of 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  37 

Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas  with  Equity  powers,  and  Justices 
were  commissioned  for  the  same.  Out  of  this  Act  arose  the  dis- 
pute whether  the  Governor  should  or  should  not  be  Chancellor. 
In  1710  an  Act  was  passed  "for  establishing  Courts  of  Judi- 
cature," in  which  Equity  powers  were  not  vested  in  the  Governor, 
but  a  Court  of  Equity  was  to  be  held  by  the  Jndges  of  the  Com- 
mon Pleas.  And  again  on  May  28,  1715,  Acts  were  passed  for 
establishing  a  Supreme  Court  in  Law  and  Equity,  Courts  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  and  of  General  Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace.  These 
Acts  were,  however,  repealed  by  the  English  Privy  Council. 

Previously,  on  March  27,  1713,  an  Orphans'  Court  was  formed, 
to  be  held  by  the  Judges  of  the  Quarter  Sessions;  2  C.  R.,  591. 

Sir  William  Keith  became  Governor  in  1717*,  and  in  1719  the 
Acts  of  1715  were  repealed.  Keith  established  in  1720  a  Court 
of  Chancery,  which  was  abolished  in  1735. 

By  the  Act  of  May  22,  1722,  a  Supreme  Court  was  established, 
with  a  Chief  Justice  and  two  Associates,  with  power  to  hear  ap- 
peals from  the  Common  Pleas,  Quarter  Sessions  and  the  City 
Court,  and  a  Supreme  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer,  and  County  Courts  of  Common  Pleas,  with  a  compe- 
tent number  of  persons  as  Justices,  duly  commissioned  to  hold  the 
Courts,  three  constituting  a  quorum. 

On  the  2oth  of  May,  1767,  the  number  of  Justices  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  was  increased  to  four,  a  Chief  Justice  and  three 
Associates. 

On  January  28,  1777,  an  Act  was  passed  directing  that  one 
Justice  in  each  county  should  be  appointed  to  preside  in  the  re- 
spective Courts  of  Common  Pleas,  General  Quarter  Sessions,  and 
Orphans'  Court.  But  this  office  had  existed  from  the  foundation 
of  Penn's  government,  for  we  find  in  i  C.  R.,  p.  18,  that  an 
attested  copy  of  the  Laws  should  be  transmitted  <;  to  ye  Presid't 
or  Clark  of  each  County  Court,"  and  on  the  24th  of  the  6th 
month,  1684,  the  Council  "  Ordered  that  the  next  Justice  in 
Commission  to  the  Presd't  of  the  Court  of  New  Castle,  doe  offi- 
ciate in  the  same  till  further  order."  The  cause  of  that  order 
was,  without  doubt,  the  death  of  William  Welch,  who  was,  I  have 
no  hesitation  in  stating,  the  President  of  the  Court  at  New  Castie 
and  at  Philadelphia  also,  for  in  i  C.R.,  p.  67  ( ist  ed. ),  on  the  nth 
of  ye  7th  month,  1684,  "  It  being  proposed  by  a  Memb'r  in  Coun- 
cil, that  a  New  Commission  of  the  Peace  be  granted  for  the 
Countys  of  Philadelphia  &  New  Castle,  by  reason  of  ye  removeall 
and  Decease  of  ye  sayd  Presid't,  it  was  Unanimously  agreed  that 
New  Commissions  should  be  Issued  out." 

The  following  precept,  directed  to  the  Sheriff  of  Philadelphia, 
ordering  the  holding  of,  what  I  believe,  was  the  first  Court  held 
in  this  city,  is  in  these  words,  copied  from  the  original,  viz : 
6 


38  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

"  To  ye  high  Sherif  of  ye  County  of  Philadelphia  : 

"Nicholas  More,  Esq.,  &  President  of  ye  Free  Socyety  &  Court  ot 

Justices; 

•'  Thomas  Ferman,  Esq.,  and  one  of  yfl  Justices  of  y6  Peace  ; 
"  Laurence  Cock,  Esq.,  &  one  of  ye  Justices  of  y°  Peace ; — 
"  Three  Justices  of  ye  King  shall  keepy6  Peace  in  ye  County  of  Philadelphia, 
and  they  that  are  appointed  shall  hear  &  terminate  divers  fielonies,  transgres 
sions  &  other  wicked  deeds  being  Committed  in  ye  County  aforesaid,  vizt :  wee 
do  Command  through  all  ye  parts  of  y°  same  County  aforesaid,  and  in  ye  author 
ity  of  ye  King,  that  thou  mayest  go  thorow  it  and  Cause  to  Come  before  us  or 
our  companions  ye  Justices  of  ye  Peace  in  Philadelphia,  ye  Eleventh  day  of 
ye  Eleventh  month,  alias  January,  att  y°  Blew  Anker,  at  10  of  the  Clock,  such 
twenty-ffoure  honest  and  lawful!  men  of  ye  County,  and  twenty-ffoure  Milites 
ft  a/.,  probos  el  legales  homines  de  Corpore  Com.,  and  other  honest  and  lawful! 
men  of  ye  body  of  ye.  County,  whosoever  they  be,  and  that  have  possessions  and 
be  ffree  Indwellers,  to  enquire  yn  and  in  ye  place  concerning  these  things  \v •>' 
shall  be  Comended  ym  of  ye  King  aforesaid;  also  yu  must  cause  all  Crowners 
of  ye  County,  marshalls,  Constables,  and  other  officers  of  ye  County,  to  know 
it  that  they  are  then,  att  that  time  to  know  and  to  fill  up  those  things  wch  they 
must  do  by  reason  of  their  offices.  Moreouer,  thou  must  cause  to  be  proclaimed 
in  all  y*  County  and  Priuiledge  places,  and  in  fitt  places,  that  ye  sessions  of 
ye  peace  shall  be  held  att  ye  day  &  place  beforesaid,  and  thou  thyselfe  must  be 
there  to  know  and  perform  those  things  wch  belong  to  thy  office ;  and  thou 
must  have  so  many  names  of  witnesses,  Crowners,  Marshalls,  Constables,  &c., 
as  is  required  by  precept. 

"  Dated  under  our  scales  ye  2nd  January,  1682-3. 

"  N.  More,  [Seal.] 

"Tho.  ffarman,  [Seal.j 

"  Lasse  Cock,  [Seal.] 

On  each  seal  is  an  impression  of  the  individual  coat-of-arms  of 
the  Justice  sealing  and  signing  the  writ.  On  that  of  Nicholas 
More  a  shield  of  four  quarterings  ;  the  first  and  fourth,  four  bars 
( barry)  ;  second  and  third,  a  lion  rampant,  crowned  ;  crest,  a 
ducal  coronet ;  the  shield  surrounded  by  olive  branches.  On  that 
of  Thomas  Fairman  a  shield  having  a  chevron,  with  two  squirrels 
above  and  one  below  it.  On  that  of  Lasse  Cock  a  pelican  on  her 
nest,  in  a  circle,  feeding  her  young  with  blood  from  her  breast. 

On  September  i,  1791,  the  Courts  were  reorganized  with  a 
President  Judge,  learned  in  the  law,  and  not  less  than  three  nor 
more  than  four  associates  laymen,  for  each  county.  See  Act  13 
April,  1791. 

It  therefore  appears  that  the  Justices  of  the  Peace,  who  were 
commissioned  as  Justices  of  the  Courts,  held  the  County  Courts, 
that  is  to  say,  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  the  Quarter  Sessions 
of  the  Peace,  and  the  Orphans'  Court,  until  1791.  There  ap- 
pears to  have  always  been  a  Presiding  Justice,  probably  the  oldest 
Justice,  by  the  commission,  and  I  have  given  the  name  of  the 
first  or  prior  Justice  on  each  Commission,  as  the  Presiding  Justice. 
The  same  person  being,  in  many  cases,  for  a  long  series  of  years, 
the  first  on  each  Commission  issued,  shows  that  my  conclusion  is 
no  doubt  correct,  especially  as  precedence  of  place  in  regard  to 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  39 

the  standing  of  each  Justice,  on  the  successive  commissions, 
seems  to  have  been,  as  a  rule,  strictly  observed. 

In  i  C.  R.,  66.  It  was  "Ordered  that  the  next  Justice  in 
Commission  to  the  Presd't  of  the  Court  of  New  Castle,  doe  offici- 
ate in  the  same  till  further  order."  This  order  was  no  doubt 
made  in  consequence  of  the  illness  of  William  Welch,  the  Presid- 
ing Justice  of  that  Court,  whose  death  was  announced  at  the  next 
meeting  of  Council. 

As  early  as  Sept.  22,  1676,  in  the  Ordinance  introducing  the 
Duke  of  York's  Laws,  establishing  Courts  of  Justice  on  the  Dela- 
ware river,  it  is  said  :  "3.  That  the  said  Courts  consist  of  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace,  whereof  three  make  a  quorum,"  &c.,  "in 
which  the  oldest  Justice  to  preside,  unless  otherwise  agreed  among 
themselves."  —  7  Penna.  Archives,  pp.  783,  784  (2d  series.)  And 
this  was,  no  doubt,  the  rule  until  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  Jan. 
28,  1777. 

On  Nov.  12,  1677,  a  Court  was  held  at  Upland,  now  Chester, 
by  "  John  Moll,  President  of  the  New  Castle  Court,  with  the  Jus- 
tices of  Upland  Court." — Smith1 s  History  of  Delaware  County, 
in.  See  also  Upland  Record,  92. 

In  the  minutes  of  the  Court  of  Chester  County,  of  Nov.  30, 
1 68 1,  William  Markham  is  styled  "Governor  and  President," 
and  on  June  13,  1682,  William  Clayton  is  called  "President." 
John  Simcock,  "President,"  Feb.  14,  1682-3,  and  Christopher 
Taylor,  "President,"  in  1684. — Martin' 's  History  of 'Chester,  462. 

Peter  McCall,  Esq.,  says,  in  a  note  to  p.  27,  of  his  Discourse, 
on  Sept.  5,  1838,  before  the  Law  Academy  of  Philadelphia: 
"  Isaac  Norris  presided  for  a  long  time  in  the  Quarter  Sessions  and 
Common  Pleas,  and  was  a  member  of  Council  for  upwards  of  30 
years."  And  in  Perry's  Papers  relating  to  the  History  of  the 
Church  in  Pennsylvania,  pp.  264  and  270,  William  Moore  is 
called  the  "  President  Judge  of  the  Courts  of  Common  Pleas  of 
Chester  County,  on  February  5,  1758." 

The  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  sat  in  the  "  City 
Court"  as  Associate  Judges,  the  Recorder  presiding,  and  those  of 
the  Aldermen  who  were  commissioned  as  Justices  of  the  Peace 
and  of  the  Courts,  assisted  the  other  Justices  or  Judges  in  the 
Common  Pleas,  Quarter  Sessions  and  Orphans'  Court.  The 
Mayor  of  the  City  and  the  Recorder  were  always  included  in  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Peace,  as  were  also  all  members  of  the 
Supreme  Executive  Council,  but  the  latter  did  not  sit  in  the 
Courts  as  a  general  rule. 

Special  Courts  and  Judges  to  hold  the  same,  were  often  created 
by  the  Provincial  Council.  This  seemed  to  have  always  been  the 
case  in  regard  to  the  Courts  for  the  Tryal  of  Negroes  and  of 
Oyer  and  Terminer,  over  which  the  Chief  Justice  was  almost 
always  named  to  preside.  Each  Governor  or  Deputy  Governor 


40  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

of  the  Province  issued  a  new  commission  for  Justices.  The  rule 
was  to  do  so  every  year;  but  it  seems  not  to  have  been  strictly 
observed.  On  one  occasion  (in  1693)  the  Commission  to  the 
Justices  of  the  Common  Pleas  was  to  sit  three  days  and  no  longer  : 
i  C.  X.,  356. 

I  give  below  a  list  of  the  Justices  who  held  the  County  Courts 
of  Philadelphia,  until  Sept.  i,  1791,  and  to  avoid  useless  repeti- 
tion of  names,  give  only  the  name  of  each  Justice  once,  and  the 
date  of  the  year  when  first  commissioned,  although  many  were 
re-appointed  several  times,  and  some  served  through  a  long  series 
of  years.  For  the  term  of  service,  see  the  Record  of  Commis 
sions  heretofore  given.  It  appears  that  four  Justices  were  a  quo- 
rum. See  2  C.  R.,  p.  4.  In  the  old  Dockets  of  the  Orphans' 
Court,  I  noticed  that  there  were  always  four  Justices  present  at 
every  sitting  of  the  Court,  never  any  less,  seldom  any  more. 

Presiding  Justices 

OF  THE  COUNTY    COURT   OF  QUARTER   SESSIONS. 

Nicholas  More,  in  office  Jan.    2,    1682-3 
William  Welch,             commissioned       29,  3  mo.,  1684 

William  Clarke,  "  19,  6  mo.,  1684 

James  Claypoole,  6,  9  mo.,   1685 

Christopher  Taylor,1  17,  3  mo.,  1686 

William  Clarke,  "  2,  8  mo.,   1686 

John  Eckley,  "  17,  6  mo.,  1687 

William  Markham,  "  10,  n  mo.,  1688 

Thomas  Lloyd,2  "  2,  u  mo.,  1689 

Wm.  Markham,  4,   9   mo.,  1690 

William  Sal  way,  May     5,      1693 

Anthony  Morris,"  "  May    29,     1693 

Edward  Shippen,  "  Feb.  12,  1697-8 

John  Guest,  2,    7  mo.,  1701 

Joseph  Growden,  "  — ,  n  mo.,  1706 

Richard  Hill,  "  June     4,     1715 

James  Logan,4  "  Sept'r    2,    1723 

Isaac  Norris,5  "  Sept'r  21,   1726 

Clement  Plumsted,  .     "  June    n,    1734 

1  Died  before  Sept.  21,  1686.  2  Died  loth  7  mo.,  1694,  aged  45. 

*  Salway  was  promoted  to  the  Supreme  Court  on  May  29,  1693,  and  Morri-. 
on  Aug.  10,  1694,  but  the  latter  seems  to  have  retained  his  position  in  the 
lower  courts,  as  will  be  seen  hereafter;  he  died  23d  8  mo.,  1721,  aged  (17. 

4  "James  Logan  and  his  associates,  Justices  of  the  Court  of  General  Ouartci 
Sessions  of  the  Peace  and  Common  Pleas  for  the  City  and  County  of  Philadel 
phia,"  Sept.  2,  1723.     See  printed  pamphlet  entitled,  "  A  Charge  to  the  Grand 
Jury,"  &c.,  printed  1723,  by  Andrew  Bradford,  with   the  address  to  the  Grand 
Jury. 

5  See  Orphans'  Court  Docket,  No.  2.     Isaac  Norris  last  sat  on  the  Bench  on 
April  22,  and  on  June  u,  1734,  Clement  Plumsted  heads  the  list  of  Justices. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


41 


Thomas  Lawrence,1 
Robert  Strettell, 
William  Coleman, 
Alexander  Stedman/ 
William  Plumsted, 
Septimus  Robinson,3 
Samuel  Ashmead, 
Isaac  Jones, 
Samuel  Mifflin,4 
James  Young, 
Samuel  Ashmead, 
John  Ord, 
John  Moore, 
John  Ord, 
Plunket  Fleeson, 
Edward  Shippen, 
Dr.  Enoch  Edwards. 


commissioned 


May     27, 
April    26, 
Nov'br  27, 
April     8, 
March  21, 
August  14, 
Jan'y    16, 
June     4, 
Dec'r    6, 
March  28, 
June     6, 
March    i , 
Sept'r   6, 
Sept'r    4, 
Nov'r  18, 
October  4, 
August  15, 


1745 
1754 


1758 
1764 

1765 
1767 
1770 

H73 
1777 
1777 
1779 
1779 
1780 
1780 

1785 
1789 


1  Thomas  Lawrence  died  April   25,  1754.     On  April  8,  1758,  Coleman  \va.-, 
promoted  to  the  Supreme  Court,  and  Alexander  Stedman  took  his  place  then, 
for  we  find  him  presiding  in  the  Orphans'  Court  on  Dec.  9,  1758,  and  called 
"  President  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,"  June  2,  1759;  8  C.  R.,  339.     On 
March  21,  1764,  Judge  Stedman  was  advanced  to  the  Supreme  Court  in  place 
of  Mr.  Justice  Coleman,  who  declined  to  be  recommissioned,  and  William 
Plumsted,  next  in  the  commission  of  Feb.  28,  1761,  to  Stedman,  no  doubt  took 
his  place  as  President. 

2  By  the  Act  of  Sept.  29,  1759,  the  Justices  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  were  not 
to  be  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas  or  of  the  Orphans'  Court ;  therefore  Thomas 
Yorke  and  his  associates  never  sat  in  the  Quarter  Sessions  ;  for  this  reason   his 
name  is  omitted  in  this  list. 

3  Septimus  Robinson  died  January  /,  1767. 

*  Westcott  in  his  History  of  Philadelphia,  Sunday  Dispatch  of  May  2,  1875, 
states  inter  alia,  that  "  Samuel  Ashmead  died  in  1798.  *  *  He  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Justices  of  the  Common  Pleas  and  Quarter  Sessions  in  1774."  See 
Aitken's  Register,  which  gives  him  as  President  of  the  C.  P.  and  Q.  S.,  at  that 
date.  This  is  an  error  as  to  the  Quarter  Sessions,  for  an  old  Docket,  just  dis- 
covered (1879),  of  that  Court  for  1773  to  1779,  gives  as  President,  or  first 
Justice,  Isaac  Jones,  Sept.  6,  1773;  Samuel  Mifflin,  Dec  6,  1773;  and  places 
Mifflin's  name  on  a  separate  line,  by  itself,  until  June  4,  1776,  after  which  there 
are  no  entries  in  the  Docket,  until  the  following,  viz :  "  At  a  General  Quarter 
Sessions  of  the  Peace,  held  at  Philadelphia  for  the  County  of  Philadelphia,  on  the 
First  day  of  September,  Anno  Domini  1777,  (being  the  first  Session  of  the  Peace 
held  for  the  County  aforesaid  since  the  United  Colonies  of  North  America  were 
by  their  Representatives  in  Congress  assembled  declared  Free  and  Independent 
States,  which  was  done  at  Philadelphia  on  the  Fourth  day  of  July,  1776,  when 
the  former  Constitution  and  Government  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  were 
abolished,  and  soon  afterwards  a  New  (to  wit,  the  present)  Constitution,  Laws 
and  Police  for  the  good  Government  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania 
were  formed  and  established)."  And  we  find  in  said  Docket,  "James  Young, 
Esquire,  President,"  Sept.  I,  1777;  John  Ord,  Esquire,  President,  March  I, 
1779;  John  Moore,  Esquire,  President,  Sept.  6,  1779;  John  Ord,  Esquire, 
President,  Sept.  4,  1780. 


42 


MARTIN'S  BFATH   AND  BAR 


Justices  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 

Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace 

and    Orphans'    Court, 

FOR    TIIK    CITY    AND    COl  NTY    OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

From  1G84  to  1789. 


Nicholas  More, 
Thomas  Fairman, 
Laurence  Cock, 
William  Welch, 
William  Clarke, 
William  Clayton, 
Robert  Turner, 
Francis  Daniel  Pastorius. 
James  Claypoole, 
William  Frampton, 
Humphrey  Murrey, 
William  Salway, 
John  Bevan, 
William  Wardner,  Sr. , 
John  Moon, 
Dr.  John  Goodsonn, 
Christopher  Taylor, 
Barnabas  Wilcocks, 
William  Southebe, 
John  Eckley. 
Thomas  Ellis, 
Joshua  Cart, 
John  Shelton, 
William  Markham, 
Samuel  Carpenter, 
Griffith  Jones, 
Samuel  Richardson, 
Griffith  Owen, 
Francis  Rawle, 
John  Holme, 
Thomas  Lloyd, 
Arthur  Cooke, 
Samuel  Jen  ings, 
Anthony  Morris, 
Robert  Ewer, 
Jacob  Hall, 
Andrew  Bankson, 
Humphrey  Waterman, 
Joshua  Carpenter, 
Edward  Shippen, 
Charles  Sober, 


commissioned 


Jan.  2,  1682-3 
Jan.  2,  1682-3 
Jan.  2,  1682-3 
29,3  mo.,  1684 
19, 6  mo. 
19, 6  mo. 
19, 6  mo. 
19, 6  mo. 
6,  9  mo.; 
6,  9  mo. 
6,  9  mo. 
6,  9  mo. 
6,  9  mo. 
6,  9  mo. 
6,  9  mo.: 
6,  9  mo., 
17,3010. 
20,  7  mo 


1684 
1684 
1684 
1684 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1686 
1686 


20,  7  mo.,  1686 
18,  3  mo.,  1687 
18,3  mo., 
18,  3mo., 
1 8,  3  mo. 

nth, 

nth, 

nth, 
12,  nth, 
12,  nth, 

nth, 


12, 

12, 
12, 


I  2 


12,  nth, 


1687 
1687 
1687 
1688 
1688 
1688 
[688 
1688 
1688 
1688 


2, 

6, 

4,  9  mo. 


ii,  1689-90 
7  mo..  1690 
1690 
1692 
1692 
1693 
1693 
1693 


May  6, 
May  6, 
May  10, 
July  1 8, 
Feb.  12, 1697-8 
Feb.  12, 1697-8 


1693 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


John  Farmer,  commissioned 

James  Fox,  " 

Nathan  Stanbury,  " 

John  Jones,  " 

John  Guest,  " 

Samuel  Finney,  " 

Edward  Farmer, 

Richard  Ellis, 

Robert  French, 

George  Roche, 

Joseph  Pidgeon, 

Andrew  Bankson,  Jr., 

Joseph  Growden, 

William  Biles, 

Samuel  Dark, 

Joseph  Kirkbride, 

Willoughby  Warder, 

Jeremiah  Langhorne. 

Thomas  Stevenson, 

Peter  Bankson, 

Richard  Hill, 

Benjamin  Vining, 

Isaac  Norris, 

James  Logan, 

Josiah  Rolfe, 

John  Swift, 

Joseph  Fisher, 

Robert  Jones, 

Robert  Assheton, 

Richard  Anthony, 

Anthony  Palmer, 

Clement  Plumsted, 

Morris  Morris, 

Jonathan  Dickinson, 

Robert  Jones,  (Merion), 

Robert  Jones,  (North  Wales ), 

Andrew  Hamilton, 

Samuel  Perez, 

Richard  Moore, 

Charles  Read, 

William  Fishbourne, 

Robert  Fletcher, 

Rees  Thomas. 

Richard  Alborough, 

Thomas  Lawrence, 

Evan  Owen, 

John  Cadwalader, 


II, 

II, 
II. 

II, 


Feb.  12, 1697-8 
Feb.  12,  1697-8 
19,  10  br  1700 
19,  10  br  1700 
2,  7  mo.,  1701 
2,  7  mo.,  '1701 
2,  7  mo.,  1701 
2,  7  mo.,  1701 
2,  7  mo.,  1701 
4,  7  mo.,  1704 
4,  7  mo.,  1704 
4,  7  mo.,  1704 
— ,  n,  1706 
— ,  n,  1706 
— ,  n,  1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
March  3,.  1707 
June  4,  1715 
June  4,  1715 
June  4,  1715 
June  4,  1715 
June  4.  1715 
June  4,  1715 
June  4,  1715 
June  4,  1715 
June  4,  1715 
Sept.  i,  1715 
Sept.  2,  1717 
Sept.  2,  1717 
Sept.  2,  1717 
Aug.  19,  1718 
Aug.  19,  1718 
Aug.  19,  1718 
Aug.  19,  1718 
Aug.  19,  1718 
Aug.  19,  1718 
Aug.  19,  1718 
Dec.  5,  1719 
June  4,  1722 
Feb.  18,  1723 
Feb.  18,  1723 
Feb.  18,  1723 
Feb.  i 8,  1723 
Feb.  18,  1723 


44 


MARTIN'S  BK.NCM   AND  BAR 


Edward  Roberts,1  commissioned 

Robert  Fisher, 

Samuel  Preston,2  " 

Thomas  Fenton, 

Richard  Harrison,  " 

Josep*h  Ashton, 

Derick  Jansen, 

Owen  Evan,  (North  Wales),     " 

Samuel  Hasell, 

William  Allen, 

George  Boone, 

Thomas  Griffitts, 

George  Fitzwater, 

Richard  Martin, 

Lassey  Bore, 

John  Pawlin, 

Mordecai  Lincoln, 

Evan  Thomas, 

Henry  Pastorius, 

Ralph  Assheton, 

James  Hamilton, 

Thomas  Fletcher, 

William  Till, 

Cadwalader  Foulke, 

Abram  Taylor, 

Jonathan  Robeson,  ' 

Owen  Evan,  (Limerick), 

David  Humphreys, 

Edward  Reece,  Manhatawney) 

Isaac  Leech, 

Benjamin  Shoemaker, 

Joseph  Paschall, 

Joshua  Maddox, 

Robert  Strettell, 

Derrick  Keyser, 

Griffith  Llewellyn, 

Septimus  Robinson, 

Edward  Shippen, 

Joseph  Turner. 

Charles  Willing, 

Thomas  Venables, 

Nicholas  Ashton, 

Samuel  Morris,  ( Whitemarsh) 

Thomas  Yorke, 

James  Delaplaine, 


1726 
1726 
1726 
1726 
1726 
1726 


Feb.  1 8 
May  12 
Sept.  i 
Sept.  i 
Sept.  i 
Sept.  i 
Sept.  i 
Sept.  i 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Mar.  5,  1732-3 
Dec.  3,  1733 
Dec.  3,  1733 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

NOV.  22.  1738 

NOV.  22,  1738 

April  4, 
April  4, 
April  4, 

April    4,  1741 

April    4,  1741 

April    4,  1741 

May   27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 

May    27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 

May   27,  1745 


1741 
1741 

1741 


1  Died  25th  II  n:o.,  1768,  aged  82.      2  Died  loth  7  mo.,  1793,  aged  79. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


45 


Francis  Parvin, 
John  Potts, 
Anthony  Lee, 
Thomas  Hopkinson, 
William  Logan, 
William  Coleman, 
Benjamin  Franklin, 
Rowland  Evans, 
John  Smith,1 
Samuel  Mifflin, 
Jonas  Seely, 
Conrad  Weiser, 
William  Plumsted, 
Thomas  White, 
John  Mifflin, 
Henry  Antes, 
Henry  Pawling, 
Samuel  Ash  mead, 
John  Jones, 
Abraham  Dawes,2 
Charles  Brockden 
William  Peters, 
Atwood  Shute, 
Alexander  Stedrnan, 
Jacob  Duche, 
Isaac  Jones, 
Evan  Thomas, 
John  Roberts, 
Archibald  McLean, 
Enoch  Davis, 
William  Dewees, 
John  Coplin, 
George  Evans, 
Isaac  Ashton, 
James  Humphreys, 
John  Hughes, 
Samuel  Wharton, 
John  Potts,  Jr., 
William  Coxe, 
Thomas  Willing, 
Daniel  Benezet, 
Edward  Penington,3 

1  Son-in-law  of  Jas.  Logan.  2  Died  Feb.  I,  1776,  aged  72. 

:!  The  Peningtons  of  Philadelphia,  spell  their  names  thus,  and  are  descend- 
ants of  Isaac  Penington,  who  died  in    1679,  and  who  with  his  wife  is  buried 
alongside  of  William  Penn  and  his  wife,  in  Jordan  grav.eyard,  Chalfont,  Bucks, 
England.     He  said  there  was  no  need  of  a  double  n  to  spell  Penington. 
7 


commissioned 

May  27,  1745 

" 

May  27,  1745 

tt 

May  27,  1745 

tt 

June  30,  1749 

" 

June  30,  1749 

u 

June  30,  1749 

tt 

June  30,  1749 

" 

June  30,  1749 

tt 

June  30,  1749 

T  *T  r  o 

« 

i  I75° 
Mar.  25,  1751 

" 

Mar.  25,  1751 

Ii 

May  20,  1752 

" 

May  20,  1752 

" 

May  20,  1752 

" 

May  20,  1752 

" 

May  20,  1752 

It 

May  20,  1752 

" 

May  20,  1752 

tt 

May  20,  1752 

tt 

Aug.  i,  1752 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

tt 

Nov.  27,  1757 

It 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

tt 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

It 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

" 

Nov.  27,  1757 

1C 

Oct.  20,  1759 

" 

Oct.  20,  1759 

1  1 

Oct.  20,  1759 

" 

Feb.  28,  1761 

" 

Feb.  28,  1761 

It 

Feb.  28,  1761 

It 

Feb.  28,  1761 

tt 

Feb.  28,  1761 

46 


MARTIN'S  BKNCH  AND  BAR 


Samuel  Shoemaker, 
William  Parr, 
Joshua  Howell, 
John  Roberts,  (Miller), 
Henry  Harrison, 
James  Coultas, 
John  Trump, 
John  Bull, 
William  Mayberry, 
Jacob  Hall, 

Thomas  Lawrence,  Jr., 
John  Lawrence, 
George  Bryan, 
William  Humphreys, 
Frederick  Antes, 
Peter  Evans, 
James  Biddle, 
Alexander  Edwards, 
John  Allen, 
Charles  Jolly, 
Charles  Batho, 
James  Young, 
John  Gibson, 
Peter  Chevalier, 
Peter  Knight, 
John  Moore, 
Matthew  Clarkson, 
Peter  Miller, 
Thomas  Rutter, 
James  Diemer, 
Samuel  Potts, 
George  Clymer, 
Lindsay  Coats, 
Charles  Bensel, 
Samuel  Irwin, 
John  Ord, 
Samuel  Powel, 
Henry  Hill, 
Alexander  Wilcocks. 
Benjamin  Franklin, 
Jonathan  Dickinson, 
John  Morris,  Jr., 
Joseph  Parker, 
John  Bayard, 
Sharp  Delany, 
John  Cadwala.der, 
Joseph  Cowperthwaite, 


commissioned 


Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Feb.  28,  1761 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Nov.  19,  1764 
Mar.  20,  1767 
Sept.  14,  1767 
June  13,  1768 
June  4,  1770 
June  4,  1770 
June  4,  1770 
June  4,  1770 
Aug.  i,  1771 
Aug.  20,  1771 
Jan'y  i,  1772 
April  27,  1772 
April  27,  1772 
April  2J*,  1772 
April  27,  1772 
April  27,  1772 
April  27,  1772 
April  27,  1772 
April  27,  1772 
May  4,  1772 
May  4,  1772 
March  4,  1774 
Sept.  '3,  1776 
Sept.  3,  1776 
Sept.  3,  1776 
Sept.  3,  1776 
Sept.  3,  1776 
Sept.  3/1776 
Sept.  3,  1776 
Sept.  3,  1776 


OF    PHILADELPHIA. 


Christopher  Marshall,  Sr.,  commissioned  Sept.    3,  1776 

Francis  Gurney,  Sept.    3,  1776 

Robert  Knox,  Sept.    3,  1776 

William  Coats,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

William  Ball,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Philip  Boehm,  Sept.    3,  1776 

Francis  Casper  Hassenclever,        '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Thomas  Cuthbert,  Sr.,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Moses  Bar  tram,  Sept.    3,  1776 

Jacob  Schreiner,  Sept.    3,  1776 

Joseph  Moulder,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Jonathan  Paschall,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Benjamin  Paschall,1  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Benjamin  Harberson,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Jacob  Bright,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Seth  Quee,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Rowland  Evans,  '  Sept.    3,  1776 

Joseph  Redman,  Sr. ,  '  Mar.   28,  1777 

Isaac  Howell,  '  Mar.   28,  1777 

George  Henry,  '  Mar.   28,  1777 

Plunket  Fleeson,  '  Mar.   28,  1777 

Andrew  Knox,  '  June    6,  1777 

John  Knowles,  '  June    6,  1777 

David  Todd,  "  June    6,  1777 

Zebulon  Potts,  "  June    6,  1777 

John  Richards,  "  June    6,  1777 

William  McMullin,  "  July  20,  1777 

Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,  "  July    6,  1778 

David  Kennedy,  "  Oct.   21,  1778 

Henry  Naglee,  "  Nov.   10,  1778 

Joseph  Cowperthwaite,  Nov.    10,  1778 

John  Miller,  "  Dec.    16,  1778 

Michael  Croll,  '  Dec.    16,  1778 

William  Adcock,  June    5,  1779 

Samuel  Morris,  Jr.,  '  June    5,  1779 

William  Rush,  '  May    7,  1779 

John  Howell,  June    7,  1780 

William  Dean,  July  12,  1783 

Frederick  Augustus  Muhlenberg,    '  Mar.    19,  1784 

Samuel  Wharton,  May  12,  1784 

William  Masters,  June     7,  1784 

Manuel  Eyre,  "  June    7,  1784 

John  Gill,  June  23,  1784 

Henry  Sheetz,  "  June  24,  1784 

Jonathan  Penrose,  Sept.    2,  1784 

John  Nice,  "  Jan.    15,  1785 
Died  August  31,  1785. 


48 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


James  Longhead, 
Joseph  Wharton, 
Edward  Shippen, 
William  Pollard, 
Dr.  Enoch  Edwards, 
William  Craig, 
Matthew  Holgate, 
Lewis  Weiss, 
Alexander  Tod, 
Matthew  Irwin, 
Robert  McKnight, 
William  Nichols, 
Joseph  Ferree, 
Jacob  Weaver, 
Clement  Biddle, 
James  Biddle, 


commissioned 


Feb'y  3,  1785 
Mar.  18,  1785 
Mar.  18,  1785 
March  2,  1786 
Mar.  18,  1786 
Mar.  18,  1786 
April  20,  1786 
May  20,  1786 
Feb'y  9,  1787 
April  7,  1787 
Sept.  12,  1787 
Jan'y  10,  1788 
Mar.  31,  1788 
April  3,  1788 
Sept.  22,  1788 
Nov.  25,  1788 


The  Constitution  of  1790  abolished  the  County  Courts,  to  take 
effect  September  i,  1791. 

The  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 

FOR   THE   CITY   AND   COUNTY   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

The  first  sitting  of  this  Court  for  the  County  of  Philadelphia. 
is  said  to  have  been  on  Oct.  24,  1683,  which  is  probably  correct. 
The  first  mention  I  find  made  of  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  and  Orphans'  Court,  is  in  the  Act  of  Assembly  of  Sept.  29, 
1759.  See  "  Big"  Peter  Miller's  edition  of  the  Laws  of  Penn- 
sylvania, from  1700  to  1759,  printed  in  1762,  2  vol.,  116.  The 
Act  is  entitled  "A  Supplement  to  an  Act  for  establishing  Courts  of 
Judicature  in  this  Province,"  and  provides  "that  five  persons  of  the 
best  discretion,  capacity,  judgment  and  integrity,"  maybe,  and  no 
more,  appointed  and  commissioned  to  hold  the  County  Court  of 
Record,  styled  and  called  "  The  Court  of  Common  Pleas,"  in 
each  county ;  any  three  to  hold  a  court ;  and  by  the  2nd  section 
they  are  authorized  to  hold  the  Orphans'  Court.  Justices  of  the 
Quarter  Sessions  not  to  be  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas.  The 
Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  and  Orphans'  Court  in 
Philadelphia,  appointed  under  this  Act,  were  Thomas  Yorkr. 
Rowland  Evans,  John  Potts,  Samuel  Wharton  and  John  Hughes. 
The  Act  was  repealed  by  the  Privy  Council,  Sept.  2,  1760,  and 
on  Feb.  28,  1761,  (8  C.  J?.'),  575,  writs  of  supersedeas  were  issued 
to  the  above  named  Judges,  forbidding  them  exercising  the  po\\ (.-!-> 
granted  under  their  commissions  from  Governor  Denny. 

By  the  repeal  of  the  Act  of  Sept.  29,  1759,  the  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  commissioned  as  Justices  of  the  County  Courts,  held  the 
Common  Pleas,  Quarter  Sessions  and  Orphans'  Court  until  Sept. 
i,  1791.  The  Act  does  not  mention  the  presiding  Justices,  and 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  49 

I  have  not  been  able  to  find  any  law  conferring  that  dignity  pre- 
vious to  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  Jan.  28,  1777,  but  as  I  have 
before  stated  in  this  work,  I  believe  there  has  always  been  a 
presiding  Justice,  being  the  Prior  Justice  on  each  commission. 

By  the  Act  of  April  13,  1791,  in  order  to  render  effectual  the 
provisions  of  the  Constitution  of  1790,  establishing  Courts  of 
Common  Pleas,  the  State  was  divided  into  five  Districts,  the  City 
and  County  of  Philadelphia,  Bucks,  Montgomery  and  Delaware 
constituting  the  first  District,  and  a  President  Judge  learned  in 
the  law  was  to  be  appointed  for  each  district,  and  not  fewer 
than  three,  nor  more  than  four  other  persons,  appointed  in  each 
county  as  Judges,  which  said  Presidents  and  Judges  were  empow- 
ered to  execute  the  powers,  jurisdictions,  and  authorities  of  Judges 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Justices  of  the  Courts  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer  and  General  Gaol  Delivery,  Judges  of  the  Orphans' 
Courts  and  of  the  Registers'  Court  and  Justices  of  the  Courts  of 
Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace  agreeably  to  the  laws  and  Constitution. 
I  have  attempted,  in  vain,  to  obtain  an  account  and  description  of 
the  forms  and  ceremonies  observed  previous  to  the  Revolution,  in 
opening  the  terms  of  our  courts,  which  was  done  in  the  most  formal 
manner,  and  with  forms  and  ceremonies  unknown  to  the  present 
race  of  lawyers.  The  portraits  of  Chief  Justice  Logan  represent 
him  in  wig,  band  and  gown;  no  doubt  that  before  1776,  the 
courts  observed  all  the  forms  then  in  force  in  England,  and  the 
Judges  wore  the  costume  prescribed  therein. 

I  give  here  a  copy  of  the  precipe  to  the  Sheriff  for  holding  the 
Oyer  and  Terminer  for  October  Term,  1853  ;  the  form  is  an  old 
one  and  no  doubt  came  into  use  under  the  Constitution  of  1790. 
It  was  altered  from  an  older  printed  writ  of  1840. 

"  THE  COMMONWEALTH  OF  PENNSYLVANIA, 

To  the  Sheriff  of  Philadelphia  County. 

GREETING: — We  command  you  that  you  cause  to  come  before  the  Honora- 
ble Oswald  Thompson,  President  of  our  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  first 
Judicial  District  of  the  said  Commonwealth,  consisting  of  the  City  and  County 
of  Philadelphia,  and  by  virtue  of  his  office  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer  and  General  Jail  Delivery  in  and  for  the  said  City  and  County, 
Joseph  Allison  and  William  D.  Kelley,  Esqs.,  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  of  the  County  of  Philadelphia,  and  by  virtue  of  their  offices  Justices  of 
the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  and  General  Jail  Delivery  for  the  County  of 
Philadelphia,  assigned,  commissioned,  and  appointed  to  hear,  try,  and  determine 
all,  and  all  manner  of  indictments  and  presentments  made  and  taken  for  and 
concerning  Treason,  Murder  and  such  other  Crimes,  as  by  the  laws  of  said 
Commonwealth  are  made  capital  or  felonies  of  Death,  and  all  other  crimes, 
injuries  and  offences,  whatever,  which  are  or  shall  be  committed,  perpetrated, 
or  have  happened  within  the  said  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  of  all 
persons  who  are  or  shall  be  hereafter  committed  for  the  crimes  aforesaid,  or 
any  two  of  the  said  Justices,  at  the  County  Court-House  in  the  City  of  Phila- 
delphia, in  the  County  of  Philadelphia,  on  Monday,  the  third  day  of  October, 
1853,  next  ensuing,  all  those  prisoners  in  the  Gaol  of  the  said  County  of  Phila- 
delphia, being  by  you  kept  in  custody,  together  with  their  attachments,  pre- 


50  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

sentments,  inquisitions,  re-attachments,  and  all  other  miniments  in  any  way 
concerning  the  said  premises,  and  all  other  adminicles  in  any  manner  touching 
the  delivery  of  the  Gaol  aforesaid  being  and  remaining  in  your  hands  and 
power.  And  that  you  cause  to  come  before  the  said  Justices,  or  any  two  of 
them,  at  the  day  and  place  aforesaid,  TWENTY-FOUR  honest  and  lawful  men 
of  your  Bailiwick,  by  whom  the  truth  of  the  matter  may  be  better  known  and 
inquired  of,  and  who  have  no  affinity,  alliance,  or  kindred  to  the  said  prisoners, 
together  with  a  number  of  the  chief  men  of  your  Bailiwick,  whom  you  shall 
cause  to  come  before  the  said  Justices  as  aforesaid,  on  the  third  day  of  October, 
1853,  at  the  place  aforesaid,  Sixty  in  number,  to  serve  as  Petit  Jurors  for  not 
less  than  three  weeks,  and  Sixty  more  on  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  October 
(1853)  next  ensuing,  to  serve  until  the  end  of  the  term  of  said  court,  to  do 
those  things  which  on  behalf  of  the  said  Commonwealth  shall  be  then  and 
there  enjoined  upon  them  publicly.  Also  cause  to  be  proclaimed  throughout 
your  Bailiwick,  that  all  they  who  will  prosecute  against  those  prisoners.  In- 
then  and  there  to  prosecute  against  them,  as  shall  be  just.  Give  notice  also  to 
all  Justices  of  the  Peace,  Aldermen,  Coroner  and  Constables  within  your 
Bailiwick,  and  to  the  Mayor,  Recorder  and  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the  Incorporated  Districts  of  the  Northern 
Liberties,  Spring  Garden  and  Kensington,  that  they  be  then  and  there  in  their 
proper  persons,  with  their  rolls,  records  and  inquisitions,  and  examinations, 
and  all  other  remembrances,  to  do  those  things  which  to  their  offices  in  that 
behalf  appertain  to  be  done.  And  as  you  yourself,  your  under  Sheriffs,  together 
with  your  Bailiffs  and  other  ministers,  to  be  then  and  there  in  your  proper 
persons  to  do  those  things  which  to  you  and  their  offices  appertain  to  be  done. 
And  have  then  and  there  the  names,  surnames  and  additions,  and  places  of 
abode  of  said  Jurors,  and  the  names  of  the  Aldermen  and  Justices  of  the  Peace 
of  the  County  of  Philadelphia  aforesaid,  and  the  names  of  the  Mayor,  Recorder 
and  Aldermen  of  the  said  city,  and  the  names  of  the  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of 
the  Incorporated  Districts  of  the  Northern  Liberties,  Spring  Garden  and  Ken 
sington,  and  the  Coroner  of  the  said  County  of  Philadelphia,  and  of  the  Con- 
stables of  the  said  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  and  of  those  you  shall  so 
cause  to  come,  and  by  whom  you  shall  so  cause  to  be  made  known  this  precept. 
Dated  at  Philadelphia  this  twenty-fourth  day  of  August,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-three. 

OSWALD  THOMPSON,      [i..  s.] 
\V.\i.  D.  KELLEY,  [L.  s.] 

Jos.  ALLISON,  [L.  s.] 

Endorsed — Oyer  and  Terminer  Precipe.     October  Term,  1853. 

PRESIDING  JUSTICES. 

Nicholas  More,  commissioned      Jan.   2,  1682-3 

William  Welch,  "  29,  31110.,  1684 

William  Clarke,  "  19, 6  mo.,  1684 

James  Claypoole,  "  6,  9  mo.,  1685 

Christopher  Taylor,  "  17, 3  mo.,  1686 

William  Clarke,  "  2,  8  mo.,  1686 

John  Eckley,  "  18,3  mo. ,1687 

William  Markham,  "  12,  nth,  1688 

Thomas  Lloyd,  "  2,  11  mo.,  1689 

William  Markham,1  4,  9  mo.,  1690 

'On  the  4th  of  gth  mo.,  1690,  William  Markham,  Thomas  Ellis,  John 
Goodson  and  Samuel  Jenings,  were  commissioned  "Justices  of  the  Quorum," 
for  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Philadelphia,  three  to  be  a  quorum. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  51 

William  Salway,  •  commissioned      May    5,     1693 

Anthony  Morris,1  "  May  29,    1693 

Edward  Shippen,  Feb.  12, 1697-8 

John  Guest,  "  2,  7  mo.,  1701 

Joseph  Grovvden,  -,  n  mo.,  1706 

Richard  Hill,  "  June    4,    1715 

James  Logan,  "  Sept.    2,    1723 

Isaac  Norris,2  "  Sept.   21,1726 

Clement  Plumsted,  "  June    3,    1735 

Thomas  Lawrence,3  May  27,    1745 

Robert  Strettell,  April  26,  1754   . 

William  Coleman,  "  Nov.   27,   1757 

Alexander  Stedman,4  "  Dec.     9,    1758 

Thomas  Yorke,5  "  Oct.   20,    1759 

Alexander  Stedman,  "  Feb.   28,    1761 

William  Plumsted,  "  Mar.   21,  1764 

1 1  have  seen  a  Writ  signed  by  him  on  May  20,  1698,  in  the  office  of  his 
descendant,  P.  Pemberton  Morris,  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar.  Anthony  Morris 
was  probably  the  presiding  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas  from  May  29,  1693, 
until  Edward  Shippen  appears  at  the  head  of  the  Commission  ;  I  C.  JK.,  498, 
but  as  the  Writ  signed  by  Morris  bears  date  more  than  three  months  afterwards, 
it  may  be  that  Shippen  presided  only  in  the  Quarter  Sessions.  The  Writ 
signed  by  Anthony  Morris,  before  referred  to,  is  in  the  plain  language  of 
Friends,  and  is  as  follows : 

"  PHILADELPHIA,  Ss.      f  THESE  are  by  the  King's  authority  in  the  Proprietor's  name  to  re- 
ISEAL  J  (     quire  thee  to  ATTACH  Francis  Jones,  Merch't,  by  all  his  goods 

and  chattels  in  thy  Bailwick,  so  that  hee  may  be  and  appear  at  the  next  Court  to  be  held 
at  Philadelphia  the  Seventh  day  of  the  Fourth  Month  next,  as  well  to  answer  the  complaint 
of  James  Stanfield,  Merch't,  as  well  to  stand  to  and  abide  the  Judgment  of  the  said  Court, 
and  make  returns  hereof  to  said  Court.  Given  under  my  hand  and  Seal  the  2oth  Day  of  the 
3rd  Month,  1698. 

ANTHO.  MORRIS. 
To  the  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Philadelphia,  or  his  Lawful  Deputy. 

2  Isaac  Norris  died  June  3,  1735,  and  Clement  Plumsted   became  the  Pre- 
siding Justice.     See  Record  of  Commissions,  1733. 

3  Thomas  Lawrence  died  April   22,   1754,   and  was  succeeded   by    Robert 
Strettell,  who  stood  next  in  the  Commission  to  Lawrence  on  his  decease.     See 
Orphans'  Court  Dockets  from  June  5,  1754,  to  June  2O,  1757,  from  which  he 
appears  to  have  been  the  Presiding  Justice. 

4  Stedman  was  in   office   at  this  date  (see  Orphans'  Court  Docket),  and   is 
spoken  of  as  President  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas ;  (8  C.  R.,  339),  on  June 

2,  1759- 

°On  February  28,  1761,  five  Writs  of  Supersedeas  were  issued  to  Thomas 
Yorke,  Rowland  Evans,  John  Potts,  Samuel  Wharton  and  John  Hughes,  late 
Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas,  forbidding  them  exercising  the  powers  granted 
them  by  Governor  Denny;  8  C.  Jf.,  575.  They  were  commissioned  Oct.  20, 
1759,  and  in  the  Record  of  Commissions  Samuel  Wharton's  name  heads  the 
list  as  first  Judge,  but  I  have  followed  the  Colonial  Records,  as  Samuel  Whar- 
ton not  having  been  in  commission  before  as  a  Justice,  is  not  likely  to  have 
been  first  Judge,  although  he  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  day,  a  writer  of  some 
eminence,  aud  devoted  to  the  Proprietary's  interest.  The  Orphans'  Court 
Docket  on  Dec.  8,  1759,  shows  that  Thomas  Yorke  was  the  Senior  Judge. 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Septimus  Robinson,1 
Samuel  Ashmead, 
Isaac  Jones, 
Samuel  Ashmead,2 
Benjamin  Franklin,3 
James  Young, 
Samuel  Ashmead, 
John  Ord, 
Plunket  Fleeson, 
Edward  Shippen, 
Dr.  Enoch  Edwards,4 


commissioned 


Aug.  14, 
Jan.  i 6, 
June  4, 
April  27, 
Sept.  3, 
Mar.  28, 
June  6. 
Dec.  26, 
Nov.  1 8, 
May  i, 
Aug.  14, 


1765 

1767 

1770 

1772 

1776 

1777 

1777 

1778 

1780* 

1784 

1789 


James  Biddle, 
John  D.  Coxe, 
William  Tilghman, 
Jacob  Rush, 
John  Hallowell, 
Edward  King,5 
Oswald  Thompson,6 


PRESIDENT  JUDGES. 
commissioned 


Sept.    i, 
June   19, 

July    i, 
June    i, 
Jan.    19, 
April  22, 
Dec.    i, 


1791 
1797 
1805 
1806 
1820 
1825 
1851 


1  Robinson  died  January  8,  1767. 

2  Ashmead  succeeded  Jones  at  this  date  in  the  Common  Pleas.     See  Record 
of  Commissions  at  Harrisburg,  wherein  he  and  the  other  Justices  are  referred 
to  as  "Samuel  Ashmead  and  Associates  of  the  Common  Pleas."     In  Aitketf  > 
Register  of  1774,  Samuel  Ashmead  is  given  as  the  "  President"  of  the  Justice*- 
of  the  Common  Pleas  and  Quarter  Sessions.     Isaac  Jones  appears  to  have  tiled 
or  resigned  after  Sept.  6,  1773,  and  if  there  is  an  error  in  the  endorsement  or 
note  to  the  Record  of  Commissions  even,  Ashmead  became  President  of  the 
Board  of  Justices  of  the  Common  Pleas  at  Jones'  retirement,  as  the  Register 
shows.     We  have  seen  heretofore,  that  on  Dec.  6,  1773,  Samuel  Mifflin  became 
"  President  of  the  Justices  of  the  Quarter  Sessions,"  as  appears  by  the  Docket 
of  that  Court,  wherein  it  will  also  be  seen  that  Ashmead  sits  next  to  him  in 
rank  among  the  Justices.     In  the  Independent  Gazetteer  of  March  29,  1794. 
will  be  found  a  biographical  notice  of  the  death  of  Samuel  Ashmead,  who  died 
March  19,  1794,  "aged  above  84  years,  long  respectable  as  a  magistrate,  and 
lately  a  Representative  in  the  Legislature  for  Philadelphia  County."     He  "  died 
in  the  Northern  Liberties,  and  was  interred  on  the  2ist  in  the  Baptist  burial 
place." 

•It  is  doubtful  whether  Benjamin  Franklin  ever  presided  in  any  of  the 
Courts.  The  appointment  of  Justices  by  the  Convention  of  July  15,  177*'.  wa§ 
an  usurpation  of  power.  See  Minutes  of  the  Convention,  p.  73. 

4  Died  April  1802,  aged  50  years. 

5  Edward  King  died  May  8,   1873,  in  his  8oth  year.     He  was  a  powerful, 
heavy  built  man,  of  a  robust  constitution.     He  was  the  great  Judge  of  the  Com- 
mon Pleas.     I  have  been  told  that  much  dissatisfaction  was  openly  expressed 
by  many  members  of  the  Bar  at  his  elevation  to  the  Bench,  but  that  the  yreai 
abilities  he  soon  displayed  astonished  his  friends  and  confounded  his  enemies. 

''•Oswald  Thompson  died  Jan.  23,   1866,  from  overwork.     He  was  an  ac- 
complished scholar,  an  able  and  a  conscientious   Judge,  and  a  kind-hearted. 
courteous  gentleman. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  53 

Joseph  Allison,1  commissioned      Jan.   30,    1866 


JUSTICES  OF  THE  COMMON  PLEAS. 

The  Justices  whose  names  are  given   here  I   found   specially 
commissioned  as  Justices  of  the  Common  Pleas. 


William  Markham, 
Thomas  Ellis, 
Dr.  John  Goodsonn, 
Samuel  Jenings, 
Joseph  Growden, 
William  Biles, 
Samuel  Darke,* 
James  Kirkbride, 
Willoughby  Warder, 
Thomas  Stevenson, 
Jeremiah  Langhorne, 
Joseph  Growden, 
Samuel  Finney, 
George  Roche, 
Nathan  Stanbury, 
John  Jones, 
Edward  Farmer, 
Rowland  Ellis, 
Peter  Bankson, 
Joseph  Pidgeon, 
Richard  Hill, 
Isaac  Norris, 
James  Logan, 
Nathan  Stanbury, 
Edward  Farmer, 
Rowland  Ellis,3 
Benjamin  Vining, 
Josiah  Rolfe, 
John  Swift, 
Samuel  Carpenter, 
Joseph  Fisher, 
Robert  Jones, 
Enoch  Davis,4 


commissioned 
" 


4,  9  mo., 
4,  9  mo., 
4,  9  mo., 
4,  9  mo., 

—  ,  ii  mo., 

—  ,  ii  mo., 

—  ,  ii  mo., 

—  ,  ii  mo  , 
-,  ii  mo., 
-,  it  mo., 
-,  ii  mo. 
March  3, 
March  3, 
March  3, 
March  3, 
March  3, 
March  3, 
March  3, 
March  3, 
March  3, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
June    4, 
Jan.    17, 


1690 
1690 
1690 
1690 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1706 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1707 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1715 
1765 


1  Joseph  Allison  was  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by 
the  death  of  Judge  Thompson,  and  was  sworn  into  office  Feb.   5,    1866.     On 
October  ii,  1866,  he  was  elected  President  Judge. 

2  From  signature  in  Archives  of  the  Historical  Society. 
;l  Died  7th  mo.,  1729,  aged  80. 

'  9  C.  R.,  237. 
8 


54 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  ANTD  BAR 


Samuel  Ashmead,1            commissioned 

April  27,  1772 

James  Humphreys, 

April  27,  1772 

John  Ord,                                    " 

April  27,  1772 

Peter  Miller,                                 " 

April  27,  1772 

Matthew  Clarkson,                      " 

April   27,  1772 

Henry  Hill, 

April   27,  1772 

Samuel  Powel,                             " 

April  27,  1772 

Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,             " 

July    6,     1778 

Henry  Scheetz,       resigned       " 

March  31,  1784 

John  Dickinson,                          " 

May    i,     1784 

Samuel  Wharton,                        " 

May   10,    1784^. 

Plunket  Fleeson,                          " 

June   24,   1  784^ 

Jonathan  Penrose,                      " 

Sept.    2,    1784 

Charles  Biddle, 

Jan'y  26,  1786 

Matthew  Holgate,                       " 

May    6,     1786 

John  Gill, 

May   26,    1786 

Lewis  Weiss, 

May  26,    1786 

William  Rush,2 

May   26,    1786 

Charles  Biddle,                           " 

Jan'y  19,  1787 

Isaac  Howell,                              " 

Jan'y  19,  1787 

Alexander  Tod, 

Feb.     9,    1787 

Matthew  Irwin,                       •    " 

April    7,    1787 

Robert  McKnight,                      '• 

Sept.  12,   1787 

William  Nichols, 

Jan'y  10,  1788 

Joseph  Ferree,                             " 

March  31,  1788 

Jacob  Weaver,                            " 

April    3,    1788 

Joseph  Wharton,                        " 

May    9,     1788 

William  Masters,8                        " 

May    9,     1788 

William  Coats, 

Aug.  26,   1788 

William  Craig,                            " 

Aug.   29,  1788 

Clement  Biddle,                         " 

Sept.  23,   1788 

James  Biddle,                             " 

Nov.   25,   1788 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES  OF  THE  COMMON  PLEAS. 

Thomas  Yorke,                 commissioned 

Oct.    20,    1759 

Rowland  Evans,                          " 

Oct.     20,     1759 

John  Potts,                                   " 

Oct.     20,     1759 

Samuel  Wharton, 

Oct.     20,     1759 

John  Hughes, 

Oct.      20,     1759 

Dr.  Enoch  Edwards, 

Aug.   17,  1791 

Jonathan  Bayard  Smith, 

Sept.   23,  1791 

William  Robinson,  Jr., 

Sept.   23,  1791 

1  Commissioned  as  Samuel  Ashmead  and  Associates  of  the  Common  Pleas. 
Humphreys,  Ord,  Miller  and  Clarkson  were  Notaries  Public,  and  were  commis 
sioned  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  of  the  Court,  to  assist  them  in  their  business; 
10  C.  Jf.,  46. 

'Died  Nov.  30,  1791,  aged  74.  3Died  Aug.  5,  1788,  aged  53. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


55 


Isaac  Howell,  commissioned      July    6,     1793 

Thomas  L.  Moore,  July    6,     1793 

Joseph  Redman,  "                Nov.   n,  1793 

Reynold  Keen,  May    8,     1794 

Jonathan  Williams,1  Jan'y  5?    1T9^ 

William  Coats,  June   20,   1799 

Edward  W.  Heston,2  Dec.    10,   1799 

David  Jackson,  Sept.    2,    1800 

John  Inskeep,  "                May   21,    1802 

Frederick  Wolbert,  "                May   22,    1802 

Jacob  Franklin  Heston,  May    i,     1805 

James  Sharswood,      declined  "                Nov.    7,     1809 

John  Geyer,  "                March  i,  1809 

John  Conrad,  "                Dec.    15,   1809 

William  Moulder,  "                Aug.     2,    1813 

Samuel  Badger,  "                April    5,    1814 

Thomas  Armstrong,  "                April    8,    1817 

George  W.  Morgan,  Nov.    2,    1818 

George  Morton,3  "                Jan.    n,    1819 

Edward  Duffield  Ingraham,  "                March  3,  1819 

Hugh  Ferguson,4  "                March  29,  1819 

Jonathan  T.  Knight,5  "                June   19,   1828 

Dr.  Joel  B.  Sutherland,  "                March  4,  1833 

Archibald  Randall,  "                Jan.    23,    1834 

Roberts  Vaux,6  Oct.  30,   1835 

John  Richter  Jones,  "                March  12,  1836 

James  Campbell,  "                April    2,    1842 

Anson  V.  Parsons,7  Feb.     8,    1843 

William  D.  Kelley,  ."                Mar.  13,   1847 

Joseph  Allison,8  "                Nov.    7,    1851 

Robert  T.  Conrad,  "                Nov.   30,   1856 

James  R.  Ludlow,9  Nov.   24,  1857 

William  S.  Peirce,10  "                Feb'y  3,   1866 

Frederick  Carroll  Brewster,  "                Nov.   15,  1866 

Edward  M.  Paxson,"  "                Oct.    26,    1869 

Thomas  K.  Finletter,  Oct.    n,    1870 

'Died  May  18,  1815. 

-  Lt.   Col.   Edward  W.  Heston,  an  officer  of  the   Revolutionary  Army,  died 
Feb.  14,  1824,  aged  78  years. 

'Died  June  7,  1828.     *  Died  Jan.  29,  1835,  aged  86.     5  Died,  1858,  aged  67. 

6  Died  Jan.  8,  1836.     He  was  the  last  of  the  "lay"  Judges  of  the  Common 
Pleas  in  Philadelphia. 

I  Died  Sept.  23,  1882,  aged  83. 

*  Elected  and  sworn  in,  Dec.   5,   1851.     By  an  amendment  to  the  Constitu 
lion  in  1850,  the  Judges  were  made  elective. 

9  Judge  Ludlow  was  re-elected  for  10  years  on  October  12,  1867. 

10  Elected  for  10  years,  Oct.  II,  1866. 

II  Appointed,  then  elected  Oct.  II,  1870,  for  ten  years. 


o6  M AUXIN'S  BKNCH  AND 

The  dates  to  March  3,  1819,  were  taken  from  the  Orphans' 
Court  Dockets,  and  are  the  dates  the  Judges  first  sat  in  that 
Court.  The  old  Minutes  of  the  Common  Pleas  contain  no  in- 
formation. The  remaining  dates  are  those  of  commissions,  ele- 
tion  or  transfer. 

The  Courts  of  Common  Pleas, 

UNDER   THE   CONSTITUTION   OF    1873. 

By  the  Constitution  of  1873  ^  was  provided  that  on  and  after 
the  first  Monday  of  January,  1875,  ^e  tnen  existing  Court  of 
Common  Pleas  and  District  Court,  should  be  abolished,  and  all 
their  powers  and  jurisdiction  should  be  vested  in  four  new  Courts 
of  equal  and  co-ordinate  jurisdiction,  to  be  composed  of  three 
judges  each,  and  to  be  called  the  Courts  of  Common  Pleas,  No. 
i,  No.  2,  No.  3  and  No.  4,  respectively.  By  the  Schedule  to  the 
Constitution,  the  Judges  of  the  District  Court  and  the  old  Com- 
mon Pleas,  then  in  commission,  were  transferred  to  the  new 
Courts,  and  provision  made  for  the  election  of  two  additional 
new  Judges,  to  complete  the  requisite  number. 

Court  of  Common  Pleas,  No,  i. 

PRESIDENT. 
Joseph  Allison,1  transferred        Jan'y  4,    1875 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 

William  S.  Peirce,*  transferred  Jan'y  4,  1875 

Edward  M.  Paxson,*  Jan'y    4>  I^75 

Craig  Biddle,*  appointed  Jan'y  12,  1875 

Court  of  Common  Pleas,   No.  2. 

PRESIDENT. 
John  Innis  Clark  Hare,5     transferred        Jan'y   4,    1875 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 

James  T.  Mitchell,6  transferred  Jan'y  4,  1875 

Joseph  T.  Pratt,7  elected  Nov.    3,  1874 

D.  Newlin  Fell,"  appointed  May    3,  1877 

1  Re-elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  7,  1876. 

2  Transferred  from  the  old  Common  Pleas.   Re-elected  for  loyeui    Nov.  7, 

•"•  Transferred  by  the  schedule  to  the  Constitution  from  the  old  Common  Pleas. 
He  never,  however,  sat  in  the  new  Court,  as  he  was  in  the  meantime  elected  to 
the  Supreme  Court,  where  he  took  his  seat  Jan.  4,  1875. 

4  Appointed  to  fill  the  place  of  Paxson,  elected  to  the  Supreme  Court.    Elected 
for  10  years,  Nov.  2,  1875. 

5  Transferred  from  the  District  Court,  of  which  he  was  then  President,      kr 
elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  5,  1878. 

6  Transferred  from  the  District  Court.     Re-elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  8,  1881 . 

7  Died  March  26,  1877. 

8  Appointed  in  place  of  Pratt,  deceased.     Elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  10,  1877. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  57 

Court  of  Common  Pleas,  , No.  3. 

PRESIDENT. 
James  R.  Ludlow,1  transferred        Jan'y    4,    1875 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 

James  Lynd,2  transferred        Jan'y   4,    1875 

Thomas  K.  Finletter,3  "  Jan'y  4>    1875 

William  H.  Yerkes,4  appointed          July     i,     1876 

Court  of  Common  Pleas,  No.  4. 

PRESIDENT. 
M.  Russell  Thayer,5  transferred        Jan'y   5,  ,1875 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 

Amos  Briggs,6  transferred        Jan'y   5,    1875 

Thomas  R.  Elcock,7  elected  Nov.    3,    1874 

Michael  Arnold,8  "  Nov.    7,    1882 

Prothonotaries  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 

PHILADELPHIA . 

John  Southern,  i  C.R.,  145  date  unknown. 

Patrick  Robinson,                  in  office  3  mo.  16,  1685 

David  Lloyd,  commissioned  2,  8  mo.,   1686 

James  Claypoole, tf  12    28,    1688-9 

John  Claypoole,10                   in  office  July     6,     1697 

1  Transferred  from  the  old  Common  Pleas,  of  which  he  was  then  the  senior 
Associate.     Re-elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  10,  1877. 

2  Transferred  from  the  District  Court.     Died  June  30,  1876. 

:!  Transferred  from  old  Common  Pleas.     Re-elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  2, 1880. 

1  Appointed  in  place  of  Lynd,  deceased.     Elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  7,  1876. 

5  Transferred  from  the  District  Court,  of  which  he  was  then  the  senior  Asso- 
ciate. Re-elected  for  10  years,  Nov.  5,  1878. 

fi  Transferred  from  the  District  Court.  ^ 

7  Judges  Pratt  and  Elcock  were  elected  "  Judges"  without  designation  of  any 
Court,  and  in  accordance  with  section  1 8  of  the  Schedule  to  the  Constitution, 
drew  lots  for  their  assignments  to  the  vacant  positions  in  Courts  No.  2  and  No. 
4.  Though  elected  in  November,  1874,  their  terms  did  not  commence  until 
Jan.  5,  1875. 

*  Elected  in  place  of  fudge   Briggs,  whose  term  expired  in  December,  1882. 

9  The  offices  usually  annexed  to  that  of  Prothonolary  were  Clerk  of  the  Or- 
phans' Court,  and  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions,  and  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas;  14  C.  R.,  377.  And  this  rule  existed  until  the  Revolution.  James 
Claypoole  died  before  the  3Oth  of  the  5th  mo.,  1690. 

"'Fur  John  Claypoole,  see  I  Pa.  Arc.,  125.  Thomas  Lloyd  (i  C.  R.,  214), 
claimed  that  the  offices  of  Keeper  of  the  Seal,  Master  of  Rolls,  Clarke  of  the 
Peace,  and  Clerk  of  the  Justices  of  the  County,  were  his  by  Patent,  and  on  the 
1st  of  i  mo.,  1689,  appointed  David  Lloyd  his  Deputy,  which  course  the  Coun- 
cil held  was  a  high  usurpation  of  the  Governor's  authority. 


58  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Robert  Assheton,1  appointed  Oct.   25,    170; 

Andrew  Hamilton,  commissioned  June    5,    1727 

James  Hamilton,  Dec.   28,  1733 

Thomas  Hopkinson,  Nov.    24,   1748 

James  Read,  May     i,     1752 
James  Hamilton,2  — ,   1754 

George  Campbell,  declined  Mar.   25,   1777 

Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,3  commissioned  April    4,    1777 

James  Biddle,  "  Nov.   13,  1788 

Charles  Biddle,4  "  — , ,   1791 

Frederick  Wolbert,  "  Jan'y  30,  1809 

John  Porter,  April  25,  1811 

Joseph  B.  Norbury,  Dec.   24,   1817 

Matthew  Randall,  "  Mar.   17,   1821 

Richard  Palmer,5  "  Feb.    22,   1830 

Robert  Morris,  "  Mar.   24,  1836 

William  O.  Kline,  "  Feb.     9,    1839 

Samuel  Hart,5  "  Nov.   14,   1839 

Richard  Palmer,  Jr.,6  "  Dec.     i,     1842 

John  Smith,  "  Oct.   20,    1845 

1  Robert  Assheton  said,  Sept.  15,  1726,  that  he  had  been  for  about  26  years 
Clerk  and  Prothonotary  of  Philadelphia.  He  died  June  5,  1727,  having  been 
appointed  Town  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  Peace  and  Clerk  of  the  Court,  or 
Courts,  by  the  City  Charter  of  Oct.  25,  1701. 

1  Andrew  Hamilton  died  in  1741.  James  Hamilton  was  still  in  office  Jan. 
3°>  '775-  In  the  year  1760,  Samuel  Wharton  was  his  Deputy.  In  1770-1 
fames  Biddle  was  his  Deputy.  See  4  Pa.  Archives,  600. 

'Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,  died  June  16,  1812,  aged  70  years;  born  Feb.  21. 
1742.  He  was  a  son  of  Samuel  Smith,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and 
removed  to  Philadelphia  before  the  Revolutionary  War.  Samuel  Smith,  hU 
father,  had  three  sons,  Thomas,  Jonathan  and  William.  Thomas  married  a 
sister  of  the  late  Judge  Richard  Peters.  Jonathan  married  Susannah,  daughter 
of  Col.  Peter  Bayard,  of  Maryland.  After  his  marriage  he  introduced  the  name 
of  Bayard  as  one  of  his  Christian  names.  William  was  the  father  of  the  late 
Samuel  F.  Smith,  President  of  the  Philadelphia  Bank.  So  says  Richard  II. 
Bayard,  May  7,  1858. 

4  The  Certificate  of  Admission  of  my  grandfather,  Dr.  William  Martin,  of 
Chester,  Pa.,  to  the  Philadelphia  Bar,  bears  date  March  24,  1794,  and  is  signed 
by  Charles  Biddle,  Prothonotary  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.     He  \va>  .1 
sea  captain,  and  died  April  4,  1821,  aged  76  years.     He  was  appointed  Pro 
thunotary  of  C.  P.,  in  1791,  and  re -appointed  in  1800. 

5 Richard  Palmer,  died  May  20,  1850,  aged  over  70  years,  ex-Alderman  of 
Southwark. 

•By  the  1st  Section  of  the  Act  of  July  2,  1839,  P.  L.,  559,  &c.,  the  Pro- 
thonotaries  of  the  District  Court  and  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  the  Clerks  of  the 
Oyer  and  Terminer,  Quarter  Sessions  and  Orphans'  Court,  the  Recorder  of 
Deeds  and  the  Register  of  Wills,  were  elected  at  the  general  election,  on  the 
second  Tuesday  of  October,  1839,  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  ist  of 
December  in  same  year,  and  made  elective  thereafter  at  the  next  election 
after  the  occurrence  of  any  vacancy;  such  vacancy  to  be  filled  in  the  meantime 
by  appointment  of  the  Governor. 


OP  PHILADELPHIA.  59 


Anthony  Wayne  Olwine,1 

commissioned 

Nov. 

25> 

1848 

James  Vinyard, 

u 

May 

1  6, 

1850 

George  Carpenter, 

U 

Dec. 

i, 

1850 

James  G.  Gibson, 

« 

Oct. 

8, 

i853 

Edward  G.  Webb, 

I  ( 

Nov. 

10, 

1856 

Charles  D.  Knight, 

(( 

Nov. 

10, 

i859 

Frederick  G.  Wolbert, 

i  i 

Nov. 

17, 

1862 

Albert  W.  Fletcher, 

u 

Dec. 

7, 

1868 

Richard  Donagan,'2 

" 

Nov. 

16, 

1869 

John  Alexander  Loughridge,3 

(I 

Dec. 

ii 

1871 

William  B.  R.  Selby, 

" 

Dec. 

2; 

1872 

William  B.  Mann,4 

appointed 

Dec. 

6, 

1875 

The  City  Court  of  Philadelphia. 

(See  City  Charter;  and  Proud,  Part  I,  Appendix,  p  49.) 

PRESIDING  JUDGES — THE  RECORDERS.  • 
1701  to  1788. 

Thomas  Story,  The  Recorder      Oct.    25,  1701 

David  Lloyd,  "  — ,  1702 

Robert  Assheton,5  "             Aug.    3,  1708 

Andrew  Hamilton,6  June   12,  1727 

William  Allen,  Aug.     7,  1741 

Tench  Francis,  "             Oct.     2,  1750 

Benjamin  Chew,  Aug.   29,  1755 

Andrew  Allen,7  "             June   25,  1774 

1  Olwine  died  May  6,  1850,  aged  52  years. 

2  Donagan  contested  Fletcher's  election  successfully. 

3  Died  Aug.  3,  1881,  aged  43. 

4  By  the  Constitution  of  1873,  the  Prothonotary  is  appointed  by  the  Judges  of 
the  Court;  salary,  $10,000  per  annum.     The  only  Clerks  of  the  C.   P.  that  1 
can   now  recall,  are  Christian  Frederick    Erichson,  in   1858.  and  for  several 
years    afterwards.     Thomas    O.    Webb,    Chief   Clerk    of  the    Common   Pleas, 
under  his   father,   in   1856,   and   until  his  death  in    1868.     George  T.  Deiss, 
who  succeeded  him  in  that  position,  and  was  continued  until  the  re-organization 
of  the  Courts  in   1875,  when  he  was  made  Court  Clerk  of  the  C.  P.,  No.  i, 
which  position  he  still  fills.    The  present  Court  Clerk  of  Court  No.  2,  is  Thomas 
B.  Reeves;  of  No.  3,  James  I'enn  MacCain;  and  of  No.  4,  Charles  H.  White. 
The  affable  manners    of  these    gentlemen    render  them   great    favorites  with 
the  Bar. 

5  Assheton  was  elected  in  the  place  of  Edward  Shippen,  who  declined. 

6  Andrew  Hamilton,  the  Recorder,  died  in  August,   1741,  and  must  not  be 
confounded  with   Andrew   Hamilton,  appointed  Clerk  of  this  Court  and  Town 
Clerk,   Feb.   24,   1745.     See  Minutes  of  (he  Common  Council,  452-56.     An- 
drew (Jr.)  and  James  Hamilton  were  sons  of  the  Recorder,  who  was  formerly 
Attorney  General  of  the  Province.     Andrew,  Jr.,  died  1747. 

7  See  Minutes  of  Common  Council,  p.  795.     Andrew  Allen  was  declared  a 
traitor  about   1778,  and  his  estates  sold   April   12,   1779.     See  II  C.  R.,  745. 


00  MARTIN'S   BKNTII    AND   I>.\u 

James  Young,  President       June    n,    1777 

Plunket  Fleeson,1  Jan>V  30,  1782 


Associate  Justices   of  the  City  Court. 

The  Aldermen  of  the  City.'1 

1701—      -  — .     Joshua    Carpenter,    Anthony    Morris,     Griffith 

Jones,    Joseph    Wilcox,    Nathan    Stanbury, 

Charles  Read,  Thomas  Masters  and  William 

Carter. 

1704 —         — .     Edward  Shippen,  John  Jones  and  Thomas  Story. 
1705 — Oct.    2.     Samuel  Richardson. 
1708 — Oct.    5.     George  Roche,  Richard   Hill,  Samuel    Preston 

and  Isaac  Norris. 

1711 — Oct.    2.     Jonathan  Dickinson. 
1713 — Oct.    6.     Joseph  Growden  and  Pentecost  Teague. 
1715 — Oct.  14.     William  Hudson,  Abraham  Bickley  and  Joseph 

Redman. 

1717 — Oct.    i.     James  Logan. 

1718 — Oct.    7.     Thomas  Griffith3  and  William  Fishbourne. 
1720 — Mar.   4.     William  Trenfrf 

1720 — Oct.    4.     Clement  Plumsted  and  Israel  Pemberton. 
1722  —Oct.    2.     Benjamin  Vining,  Charles  Read,  Jr. ,  and  Thomas 

Griffitts.3 

1724 — Oct.    6.     Thomas  Lawrence  and  Evan  Owen. 
1727— Oct.    3.     Edward  Roberts. 
1729 — Oct.    7.      Samuel  Hasell,  George  Claypoole,  John  Jones' 

and  George  Fitzwater.     f 

1730 — Oct.    6.     William  Allen  and  Isaac  Norris,  Jr. 
1733 — Oct.    2.     Anthony  Morris,  Jr. 
1741 — Oct.    6.     Joseph  Turner,  William  Till,    Tames  Hamilton 

and  Benjamin  Shoemaker./ 

1  By  Act  of  March  21,  1777,  the  Supreme  Executive  Council  were  authori/ol 
to  appoint  five  Judges  to   hold  the   "  ClTY    COURT,"  and  for  other  purposes. 
Fleeson  was  appointed  by  the  Supreme  Executive  Council,  to  hold  office  during 
pleasure;  13  C.  A'.,  181.     He  died  in  1791. 

2  Re-appointments  are  not  noticed  in  the  list.     See  2  Proud,  Appendix,  part 
I,  page  47,  and  the  Minutes  of  the  Common   Council  therefor.     There   is  no 
way  of  determining  the  length  of  service  of  these  judges  of  the  City  Court,  hut 
the  great  majority  held  the  office  till  their  death,  or  until  the  Court  was  abol- 
ished, in  1789. 

8  Different  persons.  See  Minutes  of  Common  Council,  during  the  ycar> 
1722-26,  when  both  were  present  at  the  sitting  of  Council  at  different  times. 
Alderman  Thos.  Griffith's  name  last  appears  on  the  Minutes  of  Council  April 
27,  1/27,  while  Thos.  Griffitts  was  elected  Mayor  in  1729-37.  See  also  Orphans' 
Court  Docket,  No.  i,  March  4,  1729-30. 

4  Elected  to  Council  in  1712,  as  John  Jones  Boiler,  but  it  should  be  |ohn 
Jones  (Bolteri. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  61 

1743— Oct.  4.  William  Atwood,  Abram  Taylor,  Samuel  Powel. 
Jr.,  and  Edward  Shippen.  / 

1747 — Oct.  6.  Joshua  Maddox,  Charles  Willing  and  William 
Plumsted. 

1748 — Oct.    4.     Robert  Strettell  and  Septimus  Robinson. 

1751 — Oct.    i.     Benjamin  Franklin  and  John  Mifflin. 

1 755 — Oct.  7.  John  Stamper,  Atwood  Shute  and  John  Lawrence, 
Jr.,  who  died  January,  1775. 

1756 — Oct.    5.     Alexander  Stedman  and  Samuel  Mifflin. 

1757 — Oct.    4.     John  Wilcocks,  Jacob  Duche  and  William  Coxe. 

1759 — Oct.    2.     Thomas  Willing  and  Daniel  Benezet. 

1761 — Oct.    6.     Henry  Harrison  and  Samuel  Rhoad*^ 

1764 — Oct.    2.     Isaac  Jones  and  John  Lawrence. 

1766 — Oct.    7.     Amos  StretteH  and  Samuel  Snoemaker. 

1767 — Oct.    6.     John  Gibson. 

1770 — Oct.    2.     James  Allen,  Joshua  Howell  and  William  Fisher. 

1774 — Oct.    4.     Samuel  Powel  and  George  Clyirfier. 

1777 — June  1 1.  ii  C.  J?.,  220.  To  be  Judges  of  the  City  Court. 
James  Young,  John  Ord,  Plunket  Fleeson, 
Isaac  Howell  and  Philip  Boehm,  who  re- 
signed Sept.  30,  1778. 

1779 — Jan.  15.  ii  C.R.,66"].  Benjamin  Paschall  and  on  Oct. 
27,  John  Miller.  12  C.  R.,  150. 

1782 — Jan.  31.  13  C.  R.,  181.  William  Rush.  Appointed  in 
place  of  John  Ord,  deceased.  , 


CLERKS  OF  THE  CITY  COURT. 

Robert  Assheton, 

by  the  Charter 

Oct.    25,   1701 

Ralph  Assheton,1 

by  the  Council 

Aug.   10,   1716 

Andrew  Hamilton 

Tr               " 
>  j1-  > 

Feb'y  24,  1745 

William  Coleman, 

ti 

Sept.    1  8,  1747 

Edward  Shippen, 

Jr., 

May  27,    1758 

John  Haley, 

« 

June    ii,   1777 

William  Nichols, 

14  C.R.,  667 

Mar.   24,  1786 

The  Act  of  March  n,  1789  abolished  this  Court. 
The  Court  of  Equity. 

Formed  by  Proclamation  Aug.  IO,  1720. 
Abolished  by  Resolution  of  27,  II  mo.,  1735-6. 

The  History  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  in  Pennsylvania,'  is 
rather  curious.  The  Assembly  has  nearly  always  been  violently 
opposed  to  the  formation  of  a  Court  with  exclusive  Equity  powers. 
In  the  earliest  days  of  the  Province,  after  it  came  under  the  juris- 

1  Robert  Assheton's  son;  appointment  "  To  take  effect  Nov.  3Oth,  next,  when 
he  comes  of  age."     See  Minutes  of  Common  Council. 
9 


62  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

diction  of  Penn,  he  and  his  Council  exercised  Chancery  powers 
in  cases  brought  before  them.  Thus  our  earliest  Courts  began  to 
exercise  a  blended  jurisdiction  in  Equity  as  well  as  Law,  and  to 
all  intents  and  purposes  exercised  the  authority  of  Chancery 
Courts.1  The  subject  became  an  important  one  very  early,  be- 
cause the  Governors  under  the  Proprietaries  claimed  the  powers 
of  Chancellors,  and  the  entire  period  of  our  Colonial  history  is 
marked  by  frequent  disputes  on  questions  of  prerogative  between 
the  Governors  and  the  Assembly. 

Sir  William  Keith,  who  was  Governor  from  1717  to  1726,  ob- 
tained from  the  Assembly  an  Act  establishing  a  Court  of  Equity, 
the  Governors  being  the  Chancellors.  This  was  our  first  and 
only  "  Court  of  Chancery"  in  Pennsylvania.  It  existed  fifteen 
years,  and  was  abolished  in  1736.  As  our  Courts  possess  Equity 
powers,  there  is  now  no  need  for  a  Court  with  exclusive  Equity 
jurisdiction.  Mr.  William  Henry  Rawle's  lecture  on  "  Equity  in 
Pennsylvania,"  published  with  a  copy  of  the  Register's  Docket, 
fully  elucidates  the  subject,  and  gives  a  history  of  Keith's  Court 
of  Chancery. 

The  Proclamation 

ESTABLISHING   THE   COURT   OF   EQUITY. 

"  By  Sir  William  Keith,  Esq'r,  Governor  of  the  Province  of 
Pennsilvania  &  Counties  of  New  Castle,  Kent  &  Sussex  upon 
Delaware. 

"  A  PROCLAMATION. — Whereas  complaints  have  been  made  That  Courts  <>! 
Chancery  or  Equity  are  absolutely  necessary  in  the  administration  of  Justice, 
for  mitigating  in  many  Cases  the  Rigour  of  ye  Laws,  whose  Judgments  are  tied 
down  to  fixed  and  unalterable  Rules  and  for  Opening  a  way  to  the  Right  and 
Equity  of  a  Cause  for  which  the  Law  cannot  in  all  cases  make  a  Sufficient 
Provision.  Have  notwithstanding  been  but  toe  seldom  regularly  held  in  this 
Province  in  such  a  manner  as  ye  Aggreived  Subject  might  obtain  ye  Relief 
which  by  such  Courts  ought  to  be  Granted.  And  Whereas  the  Representatives 
of  ye  Freemen  of  this  Province  taking  the  same  into  Consideration  did  at  their 
last  meeting  in  Assembly  request  me  that  I  would  with  ye  Assistance  of 
ye  Council  Open  and  hold  such  a  Court  of  Equity  for  this  Province.  To 
ye  end  therefore  thai  his  Majesties  good  Subjects  may  no  longer  Labour  under 
those  inconveniences  which  are  now  Complained  of  I  have  thought  fitt  by  \ 
with  y*  advice  of  the  Council  hereby  to  Publish  and  Declare  That  with  their 
assistance  I  Purpose  (God  Willing)  to  open  and  hold  a  Court  of  Chancery  or 
Equity  for  this  Province  of  Pensilvania  at  ye  Court  House  of  Philadelphia  on 

?  "  The  first  court  under  the  name  of  a  Court  of  Equity  for  Chester  County, 
was  held  this  year  (1686).  It  was  held  by  the  Justices  of  the  Common  Pleas, 
under  the  title  of  Commissioners,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  extract  from 
the  Record :  ATT  A  COURT  OF  EQUITY  held  att  Chester  the  5th  day  of  the 
1st  week  of  the  loth  month,  1686.  Commissioners  present:  John  Blunstone, 
John  Simcocke,  George  Maris,  Bartholomew  Coppock,  Samuel  Levis,  Robert 
Wade,  Robert  Pile.  Robert  Eyre,  clerk.  Only  two  cases  were  tried."  See 
Smith's  History  of  Delaware  County,  160-61. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  63 

Thursday  ye  Twenty-fifth  day  of  this  instant,  August.  From  which  Date  the 
said  Court  will  be  and  remain  always  Open  for  ye  Relief  of  ye  Subject  to  hear 
and  Determine  all  such  matters  arising  within  the  Province  afores'd  as  are 
regularly  Connizable  before  any  Court  of  Chancery  According  to  ye  Laws  and 
Constitution  of  that  part  of  Great  Britain  called  England  and  his  Majesties 
Judges  of  his  Supream  Court  as  well  as  ye  Justices  of  ye  Inferior  Courts  and 
all  others  whom  it  may  concern  are  required  to  take  notice  hereof  and  govern 
themselves  Accordingly. 

"Given  at  Philadelphia  ye  tenth  day  of  August,  in  the  Seventh  year  of 
ye  Reign  of  Our  Sovereign  Lord  GEORGE  King  of  Great  Britain,  France  & 
Ireland,  Defender  of  the  Faith  &c.  Annoq  Domini  1720. 

God  Save  the  King ! 

WILLIAM  KEITH." 

(Recorded  the  13  Aug't,  1720.     A.  5.  403.) 

CHANCELLORS. 

Sir  William  Keith,  Bart.,  Aug.  25,  1720 

Patrick  Gordon,  Esq.,1  Feb.    2,    1726 

REGISTERS. 

Charles  Brockden,  appointed        Aug.  25,    1720 

Robert  Charles,2  resigned         Sept.    i,    1739 

MASTERS. 

1 720 — James  Logan,  Jonathan  Dickinson,  Samuel  Preston,  Richard 
Hill,  Anthony  Palmer  and  William  Trent. 

1721— Thomas  Masters,  Robert  Assheton,  William  Assheton  and 
John  French. 

1724 — Andrew  Hamilton  and  Henry  Brooke. 

1725 — William  Fishbourne.  Dr.  Thomas  Graeme,  Evan  Owen, 
Ralph  Assheton,  Thomas  Lawrence  and  Samuel  Hasell. 

1730 — Clement  Plumsted  and  Isaac  Norris. 

SOLICITORS. 

1720 — John  Kinsey,  James  Parnell,  Ralph  Assheton,  James 
Alexander,  Joseph  Growden,  Jr.,  James  Graeme  and  Peter  Evans. 

EXAMINERS. 
1725 — Charles  Osbourne  and  Dr.  Patrick  Baird. 

'See  3  C.  R.,  266.     He  died  at  Philadelphia,  August  5,  1736. 

2 See  Raivle's  Equity,  52.  In  9  Pa.  Arc.,  631,  (2nd  series,)  "GEORGE 
THOMAS"  is  mentioned  as  one  of  the  Chancellors.  The  only  act  he  performed 
that  I  know  of,  in  regard  to  the  court,  was  as  Governor  on  Sept.  I,  1739*  >n 
accepting  the  resignation  of  Robert  Charles  as  the  "  Registrar,"  and  directing 
him  to  "  deliver  up  all  the  books,  papers  and  writings  in  his  custody  to  Thomas 
Lawrie,  the  Secretary,  to  be  by  him  kept  till  further  orders."  Upon  the  question 
of  the  power  of  the  Assembly  to  abolish  the  Court,  see  the  Shippen  Papers,  1-6. 


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The  High  Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals. 

ESTABLISHED   BY   ACT   OF   FEBRUARY   28,    1780. 
ABOLISHED   BY   ACT   OF   FEBRUARY   24,  1806. 

This  Court  was  established  by  Act  of  Feb.  28,  1780,  to  hear 
Appeals  from  the  Supreme  Court,  the  Register's  Court  and  the 
Court  of  Admiralty.  The  Judges  were  to  be— The  President  of 
the  Supreme  Executive  Council,  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
and  three  persons  of  known  integrity  and  ability,  to  be  commis- 
sioned for  seven  years ;  any  five  or  more  to  form  a  quorum. 

By  the  Act  of  April  13,  1791,  sect.  17,  the  Judges  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  the  President  Judges  of  the  several  Courts  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  of  the  five  judicial  districts,  and  three  other  persons  of 
known  legal  abilities,  were  constituted  a  High  Court  of  Errors 
and  Appeals, — to  hear  Appeals  from  the  Supreme  Court  and  the 
Register's  Court. — Read's  Digest,  70,  article  23,  sect.  17.  In 
this  Digest  will  be  found  many  Acts  relating  to  the  Courts,  from 
the  Act  of  May  22,  1722,  to  1800. 

By  an  Act  of  Sept.  30,  1791,  a  President  Judge  was  to  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth. 

LlST   OF    JUDGES.1 

Joseph  Reed,2                   commissioned      Nov.  20,  1780 

Thomas  McKean,  Nov.  20,  1780 

Wm.  Augustus  Atlee,  "  Nov.  20,  1780 

John  Evans,  "  Nov.  20,  1780 

George  Bryan,  "  Nov.  20,  1780 

James  Smith,  Nov.  20,  1780 

Henry  Wynkoop,  "  Nov.  20,  1780 

Francis  Hopkinson,  Nov.  20,  1780 

William  Moore,2  "  Nov.  14,  1781 

John  Dickinson,2  "  Nov.  7,  1782 

James  Bayard,  "  Mar.  18,  1783 

Samuel  Miles,  "  April    7,  1783 

Jacob  Rush,  «  Feb.  26,  1784 

Edward  Shippen,  Sept.  16,  1784 

Benjamin  Franklin/  "  Oct.  18,  1785 

Thomas  Mifflin,1  "  Nov.  5,  1788 

William  Bradford,  Jr.,  Register. 

1  Thomas  McKean  was  the  C.  J.  of  the  Supreme  Court.  Atlee,  Evans, 
Bryan,  and  Rush  who  was  appointed  in  place  of  Evans,  deceased,  Associate 
Justices.  Hopkinson  was  the  Judge  of  the  Admiralty.  James  Smith,  of  York, 
resigned  May  10,  1781.  Samuel  Miles  resigned  April  4,  1784,  and  Edward 
Shippen  appointed  in  his  stead.  Henry  Wynkoop,  President  Judge  of  Bucks 
County,  resigned  June  27,  1789. 

*  President  of  the  Supreme  Executive  Council. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  65 

REORGANIZED  UNDER  ACT  OF  APRIL  13,   1791. 

Benjamin  Chew,  President          Sept.  30,   1791 

Thomas  McKean,  appointed  April  13,  1791 

Edward  Shippen,  "  April  i^  1791 

Jasper  Yeates,  Aj>ril  13,  1791 

William  Bradford,1  "  Aug.   20,  1791 

James  Biddle,  "  Sept.    i,    1791 

William  Augustus  Atlee,  "  Sept.    i,    1791 

Jacob  Rush,  Sept.    i,    1791 

James  Riddle,  "  Sept.    i,    1791 

Alexander  Addison,  "  Sept.    i,    1791 

John  Joseph  Henry,  Nov.  — ,   1793 

Thomas  Smith,  "  Jan.    31,    1794 

John  D.  Coxe,  "  April   6,    1797 

Hugh  Henry  Brackenridge,      "  Dec.   18,   1799 

William  Tilghman,  "  July   31,    1805 

Edward  Burd,  Register. 

Orphans'  Court  for  the  City  and  County  of 
Philadelphia, 

IN   THE   PROVINCE   OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

By  the  Act  of  March  27,  1713,  establishing  the  Orphans' 
Court,  the  Presiding  Justices  of  this  Court  were  those  of  the 
Quarter  Sessions,  as  the  same  Justices  were  to  hold  both  Courts. 
Previous  to  this  the  Court  was  held  by  the  Justices  of  the  County 
Courts,  Orphans'  Courts  having  been  constituted  by  the  Act  of 
1683  to  "sitt  twice  every  year."  But  as  the  Dockets  of  the  Or- 
phans' Court  are  complete  from  April  9,  1719,  to  this  date,  I 
have  thought  it  proper  to  give  the  Presiding  Justices  from  the 
records,  so  far  only  as  they  show  them.  There  is  nothing,  how- 
ever,  in  the  Minutes  to  indicate  who  was  the  Presiding  Justice. 
That  knowledge  I  have  derived  from  the  long  service  of  certain 
Justices  at  the  head  of  the  list  of  Justices  present  at  the  sittings  of 

1  Wm.  Bradford  was  commissioned  an  Associate  Justice  of  the  S.  C.,  Aug. 
20,  1791,  in  the  place  of  Bryan.  Atlee  was  commissioned  President  Judge  of 
the  2nd  District,  Aug.  17,  1791,  to  take  effect  on  Sept.  I.  See  the  Act  of 
April  13,  1791.  James  Biddle  became  P.  J.  1st  District,  Sept.  I,  1791.  Jacob 
Rush,  P.  J.,  3rd, ;  James  Riddle  of  the  4th  ;  Alexander  Addison  of  the  5th, 
and  John  Joseph  Henry  of  the  and,  in  Nov.,  1793,  in  the  place  of  Atlee,  who 
died  on  Sept.  gth  of  that  year.  Thomas  Smith  was  appointed  an  Associate 
Justice  in  the  place  of  Bradford,  promoted  to  Attorney  General  of  the  United 
States.  Hugh  Henry  Brackenridge  was  appointed  an  Associate  Justice  vice 
Shippen  made  Chief  Justice  in  the  place  of  McKean,  elected  Governor  Dec,, 
18,  1799.  John  D.  Coxe,  P.  J.  of  the  1st  District  in  the  place  of  Biddle,  and 
William  Tilghman,  P.  J.  ist  District  in  the  place  of  Coxe.  No  "persons  of 
known  legal  abilities"  were  appointed  to  fill  two,  out  of  three,  additional 
positions  mentioned  in  the  Act. 


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the  Court,  and  from  the  Record  of  Commissions,  &c.  Previous 
to  Isaac  Norris,  in  1727,  the  records  do  not  indicate  a  President ; 
no  particular  Justice  heads  the  list ;  Robert  Assheton  generally 
presided.  Docket  No.  i  opens  "  the  gth  April,  1719,"  with  the 
following  Justices  present :  Jonathan  Dickinson,  Robert  Assheton 
and  Clement  Plumsted.  After  Sept.  23,  1727,  the  Justices  whose 
names  I  give  below  presided  nearly  all  the  time  of  their  term  of 
service,  and  it  will  be  perceived  that  in  most  cases  they  were  the 
prior  or  oldest  Justices  in  the  commission. 

Jacob  Duche,  who  is  given  on  March  19,  1764,  was  not  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Justices  by  seniority,  but  presided  until  Dec. 
8th.  He  was  one  of  the  most  attentive  Justices  of  the  Court,  and 
presided  very  often  at  the  sittings  during  his  long  term  of  service. 
He  was  a  merchant,  and  the  father  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Duche,  of 
Revolutionary  fame. 

Isaac  Jones  presided  almost  continuously  from  June  27,  1768, 
until  Sept.  6,  1773.  He  never  sat  after  that  date,  although  I 
have  a  citation  issued  by  the  O.  C.,  on  Sept.  14,  1773  :  "Witness 
Isaac  Jones,  Esquire. "  *  *  "  By  the  Court.  Ja's  Humphreys, 
Clerk,"  showing,  I  think,  that  Jones  was  the  President  or  Presid- 
ing Justice  at  that  time.  The  seal  of  the  Court  to  the  paper  is 
the  Arms  of  William  Penn,  surrounded  by  the  words,  "  Orphans' 
Court,  City  &  County  Phila." 

Samuel  Mifflin  presided  after  Sept.  13,  1773  ;  he  was,  we  know, 
the  President  of  the  Quarter  Sessions,  from  Dec.  6,  1773  to  1776. 
Sometimes,  however,  Samuel  Ashmead  sat  in  the  O.  C.  with  him 
and  presided,  and  at  other  times  Mifflin  presided  with  Ashmead 
as  an  Associate.  Ashmead  was  the  older  Justice  by  commission, 
and  when  Plumsted  died  in  1765,  Ashmead  succeeded  him  in  the 
O.  C.,  although  Septimus  Robinson  was  next  to  Plumsted,  but 
Robinson  never  sat  in  this  Court  after  March  21,  1757.  He  died 
previous  to  Jan.  16,  1767.  See  Will  Book  O,  156.  His  will  is 
dated  Jan.  4,  1767.  From  Aug.  14,  1765  to  Sept.  6,  1766,  Mr. 
Duche  generally  presided ;  after  that  Ashmead  presided  nearly 
always  till  June  13,  1768.  I  discovered  a  singular  error  in  the 
Wills  Index.  William  Plumsted  is  entered  there  as  having  died 
in  1769,  but  in  Will  Book  O,  p.  335,  his  will  is  proved  as  of  Aug. 
20,  1765. 

I  noticed  that  whenever  the  Mayor  of  the  city  was  present  he 
always  presided,  his  name  heading  the  list  of  Justices.  On  all 
other  occasions  the  order  of  seniority  of  Justices  was  rigidly  ob- 
served, erasures  being  even  made  in  the  Minutes  to  correct  errors 
in  this  respect,  and  I  expect  that  in  the  few  instances  where  the 
Justices  were  not  entered  in  proper  order,  it  is  an  error  on  the 
part  of  the  Clerk. 

The  records  show  conclusively  that  out  of  each  commission 
a  certain  number  of  Justices  were  assigned  to  each  County  Court. 


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67 


To  make  this  evident  I  give  a  carefully  prepared  list  of  all  the 
Justices  who  have  sat  in  the  Orphans'  Court,  from  1719  to  1791, 
extracted  from  the  Dockets,  and,  therefore,  absolutely  correct. 
The  date  of  the  first  sitting  only  given. 

PRESIDING  JUSTICES. 

Isaac  Norris,                           in  office  Sept.   23,  1727 

Clement  Plumsted,1  June   n,  1734 

Thomas  Lawrence,2                    "  June    3,  1745 

Robert  Strettell,                          '•'  June   15,  1754 

William  Coleman,                       "  Dec.    19,  1757 

Joshua  Maddox,8  April  24,  1758 

Alexander  Stedman,                   "  Dec.    9,  1758 

Thomas  Yorke,                            "  Dec.    8,  1759 

Alexander  Stedman,                   "  March  7,  1761 

Jacob  Duche,  Mar.   19,  1764 

William  Plumsted,4  Dec.     8,  1764 

Samuel  Ashmead,                        "  Aug.    14,  1765 

Isaac  Jones,5                                "  June  27,  1768 

Samuel  Mifflin,                            "  Dec.    6,  1773 

James  Young,6  July    25,  1777 

John  Ord,    '                                 "  Dec.   26,  1778 

John  Moore,  Sept.    7,  1779 

John  Ord,7                                   "  Sept.    9,  1779 

Plunket  Fleeson,                         "  Jan.    13,  1781 

Edward  Shippen,  Oct.    25,  1785 

Dr.  Enoch  Edwards,8                 "  May   10,  1790 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  ORPHANS'  COURT. 


Jonathan  Dickinson, 
Robert  Assheton, 
Clement  Plumsted, 
John  Swift, 
James  Logan, 
Samuel  Carpenter, 
William  Fishbourne, 
Isaac  Norris, 
Anthony  Palmer, 
Edward  Farmer, 
Benjamin  Vining, 


in  office 


April  9,  1719 
April  9,  1719 
April  9,  1719 
Aug.  n,  1719 
Aug.  17,  1719 
Aug.  29,  1719 
n,  iobr.,  1719 
Dec.  12,  1719 
Dec.  21,  1719 
March,  6,  1720 
April  29,  1721 


1  Died   May  26,  1745.     -Died  April  25,  1754,  aged  64. 

3  Died  April  18,  1759,  aged  74.     4  Died  August  10,  1765,  aged  58. 

5Died  Oct.  18,  1773,  aged  58.  "President  of  the  Common  Pleas  and 
Quarter  Sessions."  6  Died  Jan.  28,  1779,  aged  50. 

7  Died  Dec.  11,  1781,  aged  63. 

8 Will  proved  July  14,  1802.  He  never  sat  but  twice;  Plunket  Fleeson 
generally  presided  after  the  date  of  his  first  sitting  in  1781. 


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MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Robert  Jones,  in  office         June    9,    1721 

Thomas  Lawrence,  June   16,   1724 

John  Cadwalader,  June  16,    1724 

Edward  Roberts,  June  16,    17^4 

Evan  Owen,  Dec.    5,    1724 

William  Hudson  (the  Mayor),  July    8,     1726 

Thomas  Fenton,  Oct.    12,    1727 

Andrew  Hamilton,  Oct.    12,    1727 

Richard  Harrison,  Oct.    12,    1727 

Samuel  Hasell,  May   14,    1729 

Joseph  Ashton,  Sept.   24,  1729 

Thomas  Griffitts,  Mar.  4,1729-30 

William  Allen,  Oct.     5,     1730 

Charles  Read,  April    2,    1734 

George  Fitzwater,  Dec.    4,    1734 

Ralph  Assheton,  Mar.  6,  1735-6 

Anthony  Morris,  Nov.    13,  1738 

Abram  Taylor,  Dec.     4,    1738 

William  Till,  Dec.   18,  1738 

Cadwalader  Foulke,  June    6,     1740 

Joshua  Maddox,  March  i,  1741 

Septimus  Robinson,  Sept.  20,  1742 

Jonathan  Robinson,  June    8,    1743 

Edward  Shippen,  Oct.     7,    1744 

Benjamin  Shoemaker,  Mar.   29,  1745 

Charles  Willing,  July   15,    1745 

James  Hamilton,  May   20,    1746 

Thomas  Venables,  Sept.    3,    1746 

Samuel  Morris,  Mar.  4,  1746-7 

William  Atwood,  July   25,    1747 

Thomas  Fletcher,  June    8,    1748 

Owen  Evans,  June    5,    1750 

Nicholas  Ashton,  June    5 

Thomas  Yorke,  June    5 

John  Potts,1  June    5 

Rowland  Evans,  June    5 

William  Plumsted,  Feb.  12,  1750-1 

Robert  Strettell,  April    7,    1752 

Benjamin  Franklin,  June    5,    1752 

William  Colemaji,  June    5,    1752 

John  Mifflin,                            .  July   15,    1752 

Samuel  -Ashmead,  June    6,    1753 

Henry  Pawling,  Sept.    5,    1753 

John  Jones,  Sept.    2,    1754 

William  Peters,  Jan'y  4,    1757 


1750 
1750 
1750 
1750 


1  Died  June  6,  1768. 


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69 


Alexander  Stedman, 
Jacob  Duch6, 
Isaac  Jones, 
Samuel  Mifflin, 
Isaac  Ashton, 
Samuel  Wharton, 
John  Hughes, 
Daniel  Benezet, 
William  Coxe, 
Evan  Thomas, 
Archibald  McClean, 
Jacob  Hall, 
Henry  Harrison, 
Thomas  Willing, 
Samuel  Shoemaker, 
William  Dewees, 
James  Coultas, 
John  Lawrence, 
George  Bryan, 
Alexander  Edwards, 
John  Bull, 
William  Parr, 
James  Biddle, 
Frederick  Antes, 
Charles  Jolly, 
John  Gibson, 
John  Potts,  Jr., 
James  Young, 
George  Clymer, 
Samuel  Powel, 
James  Diemer, 
Benjamin  Chew, 
Henry  Hill, 
John  Moore, 
John  Ord, 
Plunket  Fleeson, 
Benjamin  Paschall, 
Philip  Bcehm, 
John  Knowles, 
Andrew  Knox, 
Isaac.  Howell, 
David  Hunter, 
Seth  Quee, 
Andrew  Kennedy, 
John  Richards, 
John  Miller, 
William  McMullin, 
10 


in  office 


Dec.   10,  1757 

Mar.   20,  1758 

Mar.   20,  1758 

Dec.   18,  1758 

March  7,  1759 

Dec.    8,  1759 

Dec.    8,  1759 

March  7,  1761 

March  7,  1761 

March  7,  1761 

March  7,  1761 

March  7,  1761 
March  16, 1761 

June    6,  1761 

Dec.    21,  1761 

June   12,  1762 

Dec.   30,  1762 

Dec.    8,  1764 

Dec.    8,  1764 

June    7,  1766 

Mar.  28,  1768 

Sept.    8,  1769 

Sept.    8,  1769 

June    4,  1770 

June    4,  1770 

July    2,  1770 
Oct.    4. 
Jan.     8; 
April   9 

June    8,  1773 

June  28,  1773 

Dec.    13,  1773 

June  10,  1776 

June  24,  1776 

July  25,  1777 

July   25,  1777 

July   25,  1777 

July   25,  1777 

July  25,  1777 

Sept.   28,  1778 

Dec.    14,  1778 

Dec.   14,  1778 

March  2,  1779 

March  2,  1779 

March  2,  1779 

March  2,  1779 

March  2,  1779 


1771 
1773 
1773 


70 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


William  Adcock, 
William  Ball, 
William  Rush,1 
John  Gill, 
William  Masters, 
Emanuel  Eyre, 
Samuel  Wharton, 
Joseph  Wharton, 
William  Craig, 
William  Pollard, 
Dr.  Enoch  Edwards, 
Lewis  Weiss,2 
Robert  McKnight, 
Alexander  Tod, 
Joseph  Ferree, 
William  Coats, 
Jacob  Weaver, 


in  office 


April  28,  1779 
April  28,  1779 
June  n,  1779 
July  27,  1784 
Aug.  9,  1784 
Aug.  9,  1784 
Sept.  23,  1784 
Feb.  13,  1786 
April  3,  1786 
Sept.  n,  1786 
Nov.  13,  1786 
Nov.  13,  1786 
June  7,  1787 
July  31,  1787 
March  9,  1789 
March  14, 1789 
March  21, 1789 


On  Sept.  23,  1791,  James  Biddle,  Jonathan  Bayard  Smith, 
Enoch  Edwards  and  William  Robinson,  Jr.,  Esquires,  Judges, 
held  the  Orphans'  Court.  This  is  the  first  time  the  term  Judges 
is  used  in  the  Dockets  of  this  Court  (see  Docket  No.  16), 
although  Thomas  Yorke  and  his  Associates  were  commissioned 
as  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas,  and  Orphans'  Court.  They  are 
called  Justices  in  the  Minutes  of  the  O.  C.  The  Judges  of  the 
Common  Pleas  held  the  Orphans'  Court  from  1791  to  1875. 

The  Orphans'   Court. 

AS    ESTABLISHED   BY   THE    CONSTITUTION   OF    1873. 

The  delays  and  expense  attending  the  settlement  of  estates  of 
decedents,  led  the  framers  of  the  new  Constitution  of  Dec.  16, 
1873,  to  authorize  the  formation  of  Orphans'  Courts,  as  separate 
tribunals.  See  Article  V,  Section  22.  In  Philadelphia  the  O. 
C.  was  established  by  the  Act  of  May  19,  1874,  and  organized 
Jan.  4,  1875.  The  O.  C.  always  had  separate  organization  as  to 
Clerks  and  Records;  but  until  1874,  never  had  an  independent 
Judiciary.  The  O.  C.  Bench  now  consists  of  three  Judges, 
learned  in  the  law.  At  first  the  Judges  were  of  equal  rank,  and 
presided  by  turns,  but  the  Act  of  May  24,  1878.  created  the  office 
of  President  Judge. 


PRESIDENT  JUDGE. 
William  Brantley  Hanna,    appointed 


June    5,    1878 


1  Died  Novetnber  30,  1791,  aged  74. 

1  Lewis  William  Weiss  was  his  full  name. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


71 


ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 

Thomas  Bradford  Dwight,     elected  Nov.  2,  1874 

Wm.  Brantley  Hanna,                "  Nov.  2,  1874 

Dennis  W.  O'Brien,1                 "  Nov.  2,  1874 

William  N.  Ashman,2           appointed  Jan.  9.  1878 

Clement  Biddle  Penrose,           "  Jan.    30,  1878 

CLERKS  OF  THE  ORPHANS'  COURT. 


Robert  Assheton, 
Charles  Read,3 
Thomas  Hopkinson, 
Andrew  Hamilton, 
John  Lawrence,4 
John  Price, 
James  Humphreys, 
John  Haley, 
William  Nichols,5 
John  Bickley, 
John  L.  Leib, 
Robert  Johnson, 
Thomas  F.  Gordon, 
Nathan  R.  Potts, 
Edward  King, 
William  Runkle,  Jr., 
John  P.  Binns, 
Robert  Andrews,6 
Francis  Parke, 
Isaac  P.  Trimble, 
James  Hanna, 


in  office 

it 

appointed 


Oct.  25,  1701 
before — ,  1721 
Jan.  20,  1736-7 
Feb.  24, 1745-6 
Sept.  8,  1747 
Feb.  28,  1752 
May  7,  1757 
Sept.  15,  1777 
March  24, 1786 
March  8,  1800 
Dec.  21,  1801 
Dec.  24,  1814 
— ,  1818 
March  15, 1821 
Feb'y  7,  1824 
April  22,  1825 
Dec.  30,  1829 
Feb'y  2,  1830 
Mar.  25,  1836 
April  i,  1836 
Mar.  25,  1838 


'Judge  O'Brien,  died  Jan.  24,  1878,  aged  60. 

*  In  place  of  Judge  Dwight,  who  resigned  on  account  of  his  ill  health. 

:i  Charles  Read  was  probably  appointed  after  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  March 
27,  1713;  he  died  in  office  before  January  20,  1736-37. 

*  Vice  Hamilton,  dec'd.     For   Andrew  Hamilton's  appointment,  see  Clerks 
of  the  City  Court.     I  give  Hamilton  and  Lawrence  as  Clerks  of  the  O.  C.  on 
the  authority  of  Thompson  Westcott.     Hamilton  died  in  office  in  Sept.  1747. 

5  Nichols,  Clerk  of  the  Mayor's  Court  and  Orphans'  Court.  Directory  of 
1798  ;  12  C.  tf.,  667,  Clerk  of  the  Orphans'  Court  and  City  Court. 

6 The  Minute  Books  of  the  O.  C.  from  1829  to  1832,  are  marked  J.  L.  W., 
perhaps  John  L.  Woolf ;  but  it  is  said  he  was  only  the  Deputy.  In  the  offi- 
cial lists  in  the  Directory  of  1830  and  1831,  Joseph  Andrews  is  given  as  the 
Clerk  of  the  Orphans'  Court,  which  is  an  error,  it  should  be  Robert.  In  the 
Court  offices  the  active  man  is  always  the  Chief  Deputy;  the  actual  Pro- 
thonotary,  Clerk,  Register,  &c.,  are  seldom  known  or  seen  by  the  Bar.  In 
the  Orphans'  Court  office,  for  a  long  series  of  years,  from  1858  to  1868,  Richard 
M.  Batturs,  a  genial  gentleman,  of  Philadelphia,  was  Chief  Clerk;  since  1m 
retirement,  Alfred  J.  Fortin  has  been  the  efficient  Deputy.  He  entered  the 
office  first  in  1857. 


72  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Robert  F.  Christy,1  appointed  Feb'y   9,  1839 

Jacob  Lewis,  "  Dec.    i,  1842 

David  Hanley,  "  Dec.     i,  1845 

Oliver  Brooks,2  Oct.    10.  1848 

Jacob  Broom,3  "  Nov.   25,  1848 

James  M.  Jackson,  commissioned  Nov.   17,  1852 

John  Sherry,  "  Oct.    17,  1855 

Nimrod  Woolery,  "  Nov.   20,  1858 

William  C.  Stevenson,  "  June   10,  1862 

Edwin  A.  Merrick,  "  Oct.    n,  1864 

Joseph  Megary,  "  April  21,  1868 

Joseph  C.  Tittermary,  "  Oct.    n,  1870 

Richard  Ellis,  "  -  Oct.    14,  1873 

Gideon  Clark,  appointed  June  12,  1875 

Jesse  W.  Neal,  elected  Nov.    7,  1876 

Wm.  Marshall  Taylor,  "  Nov.    4,  1879 

Walter  E.  Rex,  "  Nov.    7,  1882 

The  Registers  of  Wills, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

The  Provincial  Registers  were  the  Registers-General  of  Pennsyl- 
vania for  the  Probate  of  Wills  and  Granting  Letters  of  Adminis- 
tration, established  by  the  22d  section  of  the  Laws  agreed  on  in 
England,  i  C.  R.,  xxxii.  The  Act  of  March  14,  1777,  abol- 
ished the  office  of  Register-General  and  named  the  Registers  of 
Wills  in  each  county  to  succeed  the  Deputies  of  the  Register-Gen- 
eral, i  Dallas'  Laws  of  Pa.,  731.  The  dates  of  appointment 
are  taken  from  the  Will  Books,  and  are  the  dates  when  the  names 
are  first  mentioned  therein.  Book  A,  in  Register's  office,  is  in  the 
handwriting  of  Patrick  Robinson.  He  was  Deputy  Register  and 
Secretary  to  the  Governor. 

THE  REGISTERS-GENERAL. 
Christopher  Taylor,4  in  office  10  br.  — ,  1682 

1  Col.  Christy  was  elected  under  Act  of  July  2,  1839,  for  three  years  from 
Dec.  i,  in  same  year  (P.  L.,  559),  and  commissioned  Nov.  14,  1839.     He  dii-d 
Aug.  31,  1881,  aged  72. 

2  Brooks  died  before  being  commissioned,  Nov.  7,  1848.     See  9  Barr,  513 ; 
Commonwealth  v.  Hanley. 

"Broom  was  commissioned  Dec.  14,  1848.  Commission  set  aside  by  tin- 
Supreme  Court  on  Jan.  22,  1849,  on  the  ground  that  there  was  no  vacancy. 
Oliver  Brooks,  who  was  elected  Oct.  10,  1848,  having  died  before  a  commission 
had  been  issued  to  him,  and  that  Hanley,  the  old  Clerk,  held  over.  Hanley 
died  March  18,  1849,  and  Broom  was  appointed  and  commissioned  March  26. 
1849,  and  elected  in  October,  1849,  f°r  three  years. 

*  The  first  will,  recorded  loth  mo.,  1682,  was  Thomas  ffreames.  He  died 
l>efore  5th  mo.  5th,  1686;  i  C.  R.,  137. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


73 


Robert  Turner,                 commissioners  5,  5  mo.,  1686 

William  Frampton,          in  the  place  of  5,  5  mo.,  1686 

William  Southebe,            Taylor,  dec '  d.  5,  5  mo..  1686 

James  Claypoole,  Sr.,      commissioned  19,  9  mo.,  1686 

Jacob  Simcock,1  Deputy. 

Thomas  Ellis,                      appointed  9,  7  mo.,  1687 

David  Lloyd,  Deputy,           "  12, 8  mo.,  1687 

William  Markham,                     "  14, 8  mo.,  1688 

Patrick  Robinson,  Deputy. 

Capt.  John  Blackwell,2               "  8,  n  br.  1688-9 

Robert  Turner,3                    in  office  16,12^1690-1 

Samuel  Jenings,  5,  iomo.,  1692 

Francis  Rawle,  Jr.,  Deputy. 

William  Markham,              appointed  20, 7  mo. ,1693 

John  Moore,4                         in  office  7,  3  mo.,  1700 

Col.  William  Markham,    appointed  Mar.   29,   1703 

Lt.  Gov.  John  Evans,  27,  4 mo.,  1704 

Peter  Evans,  Deputy,  Dec.   n,   1704 

Peter  Evans,                     commissioned  17,12^1708-9 

Lt.  Gov.  Charles  Gookin,           "  Nov.    7,    1710 

Benjamin  Mayne,                        "  July   28,    1712 

Peter  Evans,                                 "  July    3,     1713 

Richard  Birmingham,  Dep.,  Nov.     3,    1715 

Dr.  Thomas  Graeme,  May   14,    1724 

John  Moore,5  Deputy,  Dec.     3,    1724 

Peter  Evans,                         in  office  Dec.     6,    1725 

William  Plumsted,           commissioned  June   19,    1745 

Benjamin  Chew,  Aug.   14,   1765 

John  Maxfield,  Deputy,           died  Oct.     6,     1774 


1  See  Smith's  History  of  Delaware  County,  502. 

-  He  appointed  himself  Register-General,  thus  creating  a  precedent  which 
was  afterwards  followed  by  other  Governors. 

3  Francis  Rawle,  Jr.,  his  son-in-law,  was  his  Deputy. 

4  In  SmulFs  Legislative  Hand-Book,  1878,  it  is  set  forth  that  John  Moore 
\va>  commissioned  Jan.  I,  1693.    By  Will  Book  B  it  does  not  so  appear,  but  he 
\vasin  office  May  7,  1700.     Col.  Wm.   Markham  was  commissioned  by  Penn, 
March  29,  1703,  by  an  order  directed  to  Lieut.  Gov.  Andrew  Hamilton;   2  C. 
R.,  96;  also  Book  A,  25th  7  mo.,  1703,  and  complained  to  the  Council  (2   C. 
A'.,  122,  123  and  124)  that  Moore  refused  to'surrender  the  office  to  him,  say- 
ing that  it  was  "his  property  and  freehold,  and  conceived  it  to  be  a  point  of 
law,"  and  demanded  a  trial  thereof,  which  was  granted.     Markham  and  Moore 
acted  jointly  while  contesting  the  matter.     Markham  died  I2th  mo.  4th,  1704, 
and  Lieut  Governor  Evans  appointed  himself  the   Register-General,  thus  set- 
tling the'matter,  and  taking  possession  of  one  of  the  most  lucrative  offices  in 
the  Province,  and  made  his  cousin,  Peter  Evans,  his  Deputy ;  2  Logan  Papers,  8  . 

5  John  Moore  signs  as  Deputy  Register,  from  Dec.  3,  1724  to  April  2,  1726. 


74  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

THE  REGISTERS  OF  WILLS, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

Samuel  Morris,  by  Act  of  Mar.   14,  1777 

George  Campbell,1     by  the  Assembly      April   6,  1782 

Joseph  B.  McKean,  in  office  April  21,  1800 

Charles  Swift,  May   19,  1800 

Samuel  Bryan,  April  12,  1809 

Peter  S.  Muhlenberg,  Nov.    8,  1821 

Joseph  Barnes,  March  9,  1824 

John  Geyer,  March  28, 1825 

John  Humes,  "  March  6,  1830 

John  Gest,  "  March  28, 1836 

Edward  D.  Corfield,  Jan'y   8,  1839 

Michael  Pray,  "  March  2,  1839 

William  Piersol,  elected  Oct.     9,  1839 

John  Painter,  "  Oct.    n,  1842 

John  Weaver,2  "  Oct.   14,  1845 

Edward  A.  Penniman,       appointed  Jan.    26,  1846 

Alexander  Browne,  in  office  Dec.     i,  1846 

Thomas  C.  Bunting,  "  Dec.     4,  1849 

Theo.  T.  Deringer,  Deputy. 

William  Bowers,  "  Dec.     i,  1852 

Samuel  Lloyd,  Deputy. 

Charles  W.  Carrigan,  "  Dec.     i,  1855 

Joseph  C.  Molloy,  Deputy. 

George  W.  McMahan,    '  "  Dec.     6,  1858 

Samuel  Lloyd,  Deputy. 

Thomas  McCullough,    "  "  Dec.     3,  1861 

John  F.  Belsterling,  Deputy. 

Frederick  M.  Adams,  "  Dec.     2,  1864 

Samuel  Lloyd,  Deputy. 

Col.  William  A.  Leech,  Dec.     i,  1867 

J.  Alexander  Simpson,3  April    3,  1868 

Tohn  H.  Campbell,  Deputy. 

William  M.  Bunn,  "  Dec.     i,  1870 

George  W.  Painter,  Deputy. 

Gen.  Gideon  Clark,  "  Dec.     i,  1873 

James  Brearly,  Depiity. 

Jesse  W.  Neal,  elected  Nov.     7,  1876 

James  Brearly,  Deputy. 

Horace  L.  Keyset,*  Deputy. 

1  Re-appointed  by  Council  (16  C.  R.,  443),  Sept.  .),  1790. 

-  By  Act  of  July  2,  1839,  the  Registers  of  Wills  became  elective.  Charles 
Thomson  Jones  was  deputy  for  Corfield  ;  J.  B.  Sewell  for  Pray ;  and  Piersol 
and  Col.  Robert  F.  Christy  for  Painter.  John  Weaver  died  in  office  Jan.  16,  1846. 

3  Appointed  for  the  unexpired  term  of  Col.  Leech,  who  died  in  office. 

4  Appointed  in  place  of  Brearly,  who  died  Aug.  23,  1878,  aged  37  years. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  75 

W.  Marshall  Taylor,  elected       Nov.    4,    1879 

William  G.  Shields,  Deputy. 
Walter  Edwin  Rex,  Nov.     7,    1882 

The  Registers  of  Wills  are  now,  by  the  Constitution  of  1873, 
the  Clerks  of  the  Orphans'  Court.  (Art.  5,  sec.  22.) 

The  Mayor's  Court, 

OF    THE    CITY    OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

This  Court  was  created  by  Act  of  Assembly  of  March  n,  1789, 
incorporating  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  and  abolished  by  the  Act 
of  March  19,  1838. 

By  this  Act,  the  Mayor,  Recorder  and  Aldermen,  or  any  four 
of  them,  whereof  the  Mayor  or  Recorder  was  always  to  be  one, 
were  constituted  a  Court  to  be  called  "  the  Mayor' s  Court  of  the 
City  of  Philadelphia,""  to  hear  and  determine  all  charges  of  lar- 
cenies, forgeries,  perjuries,  assaults  and  batteries,  riots,  rows,  un- 
lawful assemblies,  and  all  other  offences  usually  cognizable  in  any 
Court  of  Quarter  Sessions.  This  Court  met  quarterly  on  the  first 
Monday  of  March,  June,  September  and  December,  in  each  year, 
and  held  frequent  sessions. 

The  Act  of  1789  also  established  the  "  Aldermen's  Court"  to 
consist  of  three  Aldermen,  two  to  be  a  quorum.  Those  to  hold 
the  Court  to  be  designated,  at  least,  four  times  a  year  by  the 
Mayor  or  Recorder,  to  try  all  matters  usually  cognizable  by  Jus- 
tices of  the  Peace,  where  the  debt  or  demand  amounted  to  forty 
shillings,  and  did  not  exceed  ten  pounds.  The  Justices  of  the 
Court  were  paid  by  fees.  This  Court  was  abolished  by  Act  of 
Assembly  of  March  20,  1810.  I  copy  from  the  Independent 
Gazetteer,  of  April  18,  1789,  the  following  in  reference  thereto  : 
"At  a  meeting  of  the  Mayor,  Recorder  and  Aldermen,  held  the 
1 5th  inst.,  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  nominated  and  appointed 
Francis  Hopkinson,  Joseph  Swift  and  Hilary  Baker,  Esqrs,,  to 
constitute  and  hold  '  The  Aldermen 's  Court.1 

The  Mayor  and  Aldermen  had  power  personally  to  hear  and 
determine  cases  of  debt  under  forty  shillings. 

Presiding  Justices. 
THE  MAYORS. 

1789 — Samuel  Powel,  X798 — Robert  Wharton, 

1790 — Samuel  Miles,  1800 — John  Inskeep, 

1791 — John  Barclay,  1801 — Matthew  Lawler, 

1792 — Matthew  Clarkson,  !8o5 — John  Inskeep, 

1796 — Hilary  Baker,  1806 — Robert  Wharton, 


76 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


1808 — John  Barker, 

1 8 10 — Robert  Wharton, 

1811 — Michael  Keppele, 

1812 — John  Barker, 

1813 — John  Geyer, 

1 8 1 4  —  Robert  Wharton , 

1819 — James  Nelson  Barker, 


1820 — Robert  Wharton, 
1824— Joseph  Watson, 
1828  — George  M.  Dallas, 
1829 — Benjamin  W.  Richards, 
1830 — William  Milnor, 
1831 — Benjamin  W.  Richards, 
1832-8— John  Swift. 


THE  RECORDERS. 


1789 — Alexander  Wilcocks, 
1 80 1 — Alexander  J.  Dallas, 
1802 — Moses  Levy, 
1808  — Mahlon  Dickerson, 


1810 — Joseph  Reed, 
1829 — Joseph  Mcllvaine, 
1836 — John  Bouvier, 
1838  — Samuel  Rush. 


1789— 


1792- 

1793- 
1796- 


Associate  Justices. 
THE  ALDERMEN. 

Samuel  Miles,  Hilary  Baker,  William  Colladay,  Joseph 
Swift,  John  Barclay,  Francis  Hopkinson,  Reynold  Keen, 
Matthew  Clarkson,  Gunning  Bedford,  John  Baker,  John 
Nixon,  Joseph  Ball,  George  Roberts,  John  Maxwell 
Nesbit. 

Michael  Hillegas,  Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,  Francis  Gurney. 

Edward  Bartholomew. 

Matthew  Clarkson,1  John  Barclay,  John  Jennings,  Jonathan 
Bayard  Smith,  Robert  Wharton,  James  Ash,  Michael 
Hillegas,  Reynold  Keen,  John  Clement  Stocker,  Gunning 
Bedford,  Alexander  Tod,  Isaac  Howell,  Philip  Wager, 
Nathaniel  Falconer,  Hilary  Baker  and  John  Baker.2 


1796  —  Jacob  Baker,                                    in  place  of 
1798  —  Philip  Syng  Physick,                               " 
1799  —  John  Inskeep,                                         " 
1799  —  William  Jones, 
1799  —  Dec.     3.     John  Clement  Stocker,  Jr.  ,  " 
1800  —  Sept.   15.     Dr.  David  Jackson,             " 
1800  —  Oct.    22.     John  Barker. 
1801  —  Oct.    14.     Andrew  Pettit, 
1801  —  Oct.    23.     Matthew  Lawler,                  " 
1802  —  May    22.     John  Douglass,                     "  * 
1802  —            —  .     Samuel  Carswell,      in  place  of 

Falconer. 
Clarkson. 
Barclay. 
Ash. 
his  father. 
Hilary  Bal 

Bedford. 
Jackson. 
Jennings. 
Howell. 

1  Mayor's  Court,  after  the  second  Tuesday  in  October,  1796,  was  composed 
of  fifteen  Aldermen  as  Associates,  appointed  by  the  Governor  under  the  Act 
of  April  14,  1796. 

2  The  father  of  Hilary  and  John  Baker  was  a  German  schoolmaster,  of  <  in 
mantown,  named  Hilarius  Becker.     Baker  and   Barker  are  different  names, 
and  must  not  be  confounded  in  these  lists. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


77 


1806  —  May    26.     Michael  Keppele,      in  place  of    Hillegas 

_    O                                                                                                       A    ,-  J  „        .,,      /""*  £*,Tn-— 

i  ooy                        .      riiiurcw  \jrcycr. 

1811  —  Aug.      i.     John  Geyer,                           ' 

Tod. 

1813  -April  30.     George  Bartram,                   ' 

Smith. 

1813  —  Nov.    25.     Timothy  Matlack,               •' 

Stocker. 

1815  —  July     24.     Samuel  Badger,                     ' 

John  Baker. 

1816  —   .     Joseph  Hertzog,                    ' 

John  Barker. 

1817  —  April     2.     James  Nelson  Barker. 

1  8  1  8—  March  4.     Peter  Christian,                    ' 

Matlack. 

1818  —  April     8.     Abraham  Shoemaker,  Jr.  ,     ' 

his  father? 

1820  —  May     ii.     John  Connelly,                    ' 

Jacob  Baker. 

1822  —  April     3.     Joseph  Watson,                    ' 

Keppele. 

1822  —  April     3.     William  Duane,                    ' 

Carswell. 

1822  —  Dec'r     2.     John  Binns,                          ' 

Hertzog. 

1823  —  Jan'y     7.     William  Milnor,                   ' 

Connelly. 

1823  —  Dec'r  15.     David  P.  Muhlenberg,         ' 

Douglass. 

1829  —  Jacob  Sperry,2  Joseph  Burden,  Richard  Willing,  Jr.3 

1832  —Robert  Wharton,  Jonathan  K.  Hassinger,  Thomas  McKean. 

1836  —  Samuel  Heintzelman,  John  R.  Vogdes,  David  S.  Hassinger. 

CLERKS  OF 

William  Nichols, 
John  Bickley, 
William  Sergeant, 
Thomas  Sergeant, 
Josiah  Randall, 
Randall  Hutchinson, 
Charles  Pierce, 
William  Stewart, 
John  R.  Vogdes, 
John  P.  Bewley, 
William  White, 


THE  MAYOR'S  COURT. 

in  office 
commissioned 


,    1789 

March  8,  1800 
Dec.  21,  1801 
April  22,  1806 
May  10,  1809 
Aug.  — ,  1814 
Mar.  17,  1821 
Feb'y  7,  1824 
Feb'y  22,  1830 
Dec.  u,  1835 
Mar.  26,  1836 


The  District  Court, 

FOR   THE   CITY   AND   COUNTY   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

Organized  by  Act  of  Assembly  of  March  30,  1811. 

Abolished  by  the  Constitution  of  1873. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  present  century  Philadelphia  was  the 
largest  city  in  the  Union,  and  its  commerce,  manufactures  and 
general  business  had  kept  pace  with  its  population.  It  began  to 
be  seriously  felt  that  the  judicial  system  was  inadequate,  and 

1  Died  May  25,  1818,  aged  65. 

2  Died  Jan.  2,  1830,  aged  60. 

3  Died  April  15,  1833. 


78  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

accordingly,  by  an  Act  approved  March  30,  1811,  it  was  enacted  : 
"  Whereas,  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  City  and  County 
of  Philadelphia,  from  the  various  objects  of  its  jurisdiction  and 
the  great  increase  and  accumulation  of  business,  is  incompetent 
to  the  speedy  and  effectual  administration  of  justice  to  the  citizens 
of  that  district,  for  remedy  whereof,  be  it  enacted,"  etc.,  that 
there  shall  be  established  a  Court  of  Record  by  the  name  and  style 
of  the  District  Court  for  the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  to 
consist  of  a  President  and  two  assistant  Judges,  any  two  of  whom, 
in  case  of  the  absence  or  inability  of  the  other,  shall  have  power 
to  try,  hear,  and  determine  all  civil  pleas  and  actions  where  the 
sum  in  controversy  should  exceed  one  hundred  dollars. 

The  Court  thus  established  soon  became  full  of  important  busi- 
ness, and  acquired  a  solid  and  enduring  reputation  as  a  great  law 
court  for  the  trial  of  civil  issues.  It  was  the  first,  and  for  many 
years  the  only  Court  of  original  jurisdiction  in  the  Commonwealth 
whose  Judges  were  all  learned  in  the  law.  Down  to  about  the 
beginning  of  this  century,  there  was  no  positive  requirement  that 
even  the  Presidents  of  the  Common  Pleas  should  be  learned  in 
the  law,  though  the  practice  had  been  uniform  since  the  Revolu- 
tion to  appoint  only  lawyers.  But  the  Associates  remained  lay- 
men in  the  Common  Pleas  of  Philadelphia  until  1833,  when  one 
of  them  was  required  to  be  learned  in  the,  law,  and  "one  to  be 
appointed  under  the  existing  laws  of  the  Commonwealth,"  (Act 
of  Feb.  8,  1833 ;  P.  L.,  23),  and  the  other  Associate  remained  a 
layman  until  1836,  after  which  all  the  Judges  of  that  Court  were 
required  to  be  learned  in  the  law.  (Act  of  March  n,  1836  ;  P. 
L.,  76.)  So  late  as  1831  the  salaries  of  the  Associate  Judges  of 
the  Common  Pleas  of  Philadelphia  were  only  four  hundred  dollars 
each,  while  the  salaries  of  the  Judges  of  the  District  Court  and 
the  President  of  the  Common  Pleas  were  two  thousand  dollars 
each. 

The  Bench  of  the  District  Court  was  occupied  by  a  succession 
of  learned  and  able  lawyers,  and  when  the  Court  adjourned  sine 
die,  Jan.  4,  1875,  ^  w*>  Wl^  tne  universal  regret  of  the  Bar.  A 
more  dignified,  learned,  and  impartial  tribunal  has  seldom,  if 
ever,  existed  in  this  or  any  other  community. 

PRESIDING  JUDGES. 
Joseph  Hemphill,  commissioned      May    6,     1811 


Joseph  Borden  McKean, 
Jared  Ingersoll, 
Moses  Levy, 

Joseph  Borden  McKean, 
Joseph  Barnes, 
Thomas  McKean  Pettit, 


Oct.  i,  1818 
Mar.  19,  1821 
Dec.  18,  1822 
Mar.  21,  1825 
Oct.  24,  1826 
April  22,  1835 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


79 


Joel  Jones, 
George  Sharswood, 
John  Innes  Clark  Hare, 


commissioned 


ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 


Anthony  Simmons, 
Jacob  Sommer, 
Thomas  Sergeant, 
Joseph  Borden  McKean, 
Joseph  Barnes, 
Joseph  Borden  McKean, 
Benjamin  Rawle  Morgan, 
John  Hallowell, 
Charles  Sidney  Coxe, 
Thomas  McKean  Petti  t, 
George  McDowell  Stroud, 
Joel  Jones, 
John  King  Findlay, 
George  Sharswood, 
George  McDowell  Stroud, 
John  King  Findlay, 
John  Innes  Clark  Hare, 
Martin  Russell  Thayer, 
Thomas  Greenbank, 
Martin  Russell  Thayer, 
James  Lynd, 
James  Tyndale  Mitchell, 
Amos  Briggs, 


commissioned 


April  8,  1845 
Feb'y  i,  1848 
Dec.  i,  1867 


May    6,  1811 

June    3,  1811 

Oct.    20,  1814 

Mar.   27,  1817 

Oct.     i,  1818 

Mar.   17,  1821 

Mar.   29,  1821 

Mar.   27,  1825 

Oct.    24,  1826 

Feb.    16,  1833 

Mar.  30,  1835 

April  22,  1835 

April    i,  1845 

April    8.  1845 

Feb'y  5',  1848 

Feb'y   5,  1848 

Dec.     i,  1851 

Dec.    i,  1867 

Dec.     7,  1868 

Mar.   27,  1869 

Dec.    5,  1870 

Dec.    4,  1871 

Mar.   25.  1872 


Joseph  Hemphill  was  a  native  of  Chester,  now  Delaware  county, 
admitted  to  the  Chester  County  Bar,  August,  1793.  Member  of 
Congress,  1801  to  1803,  from  Chester  county,  and  from  1819  to 
1831.  He  died  May  29,  1842,  aged  72  years.  Associate  Judge 
Sommer's  name  is  sometimes  rendered  Somers.  Simmons  and 
Sommer  were  not  lawyers.  Judge  Sommer  died  in  February, 
1857,  aged  69  years,  and  Anthony  Simmons,  late  Judge,  and 
Colonel  of  the  96th  Regiment,  died  Jan.  6,  1830,  aged  57  years. 
Edward  King  had  the  position  of  Associate  Judge  offered  to  him 
in  1825  ;  he  hesitated  about  accepting  it,  and  then  Judge  Hal- 
lowell took  it;  thus  making  room  in  the  Common  Pleas  for 
King  as  the  President  Judge.  The  Forum,  2  vol.,  175.  On  April 
i,  1835,  King  was  tendered  the  place  of  Presiding  Judge  of  the  Dis- 
trict Court,  but  declined.  George  M.  Stroud  was  Associate  for  34 
years,  and  declined  the  position  of  Presiding  Judge  in  1868,  when 
Sharswood  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  died  in 
1875,  faH  °f  years  and  honors.  Thomas  McKean  Pettit  was  ap- 
pointed in  the  place  of  Hallowell,  who  resigned,  and  was  re-com- 


80 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


missioned  March  30,  1835,  for  10  years.  Joel  Jones  was  re- 
commissioned  March  31,  1845,  f°r  I0  }'ears-  Judge  Hare  was 
commissioned  President  Judge  December  i,  1867,  and  elected 
November  6,  1868.  Thomas  Greenbank  had  certificate  of  elec- 
tion and  took  his  seat,  but  it  was  successfully  contested  by  M. 
Russell  Thayer.  Judge  Briggs  was  appointed  March  25,  1872, 
and  elected  October  8,  1872,  for  10  years.  In  accordance  with 
the  amended  Constitution  of  1873,  l^e  District  Court  was  con- 
solidated with  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and  the  Act  of  May 
14,  1874,  abolished  all  Courts  not  mentioned  in  the  Constitution. 
P.  L.,  1874,  pp.  i39»  MO. 

An  interesting  sketch  of  the  District  Court  will  be  found  in 
''An  Address  delivered  at-the  final  .adjournment  of  the  Court, 
Jan.  4,  1875,"  by  the  Hon.  James  T.  Mitchell,  one  of  the  Judges 
of  the  Court,  in  which  he  says:  "By  the  Constitution  of  Penn- 
sylvania, adopted  in  1873,  a  new  organization  of  the  judicial  tri- 
bunals of  the  State  was  directed,  under  which  the  Nisi  Prius,  Dis- 
trict and  Common  Pleas  Courts  of  Philadelphia  City  and  County 
ceased  to  exist  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  1875.  The 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  heretofore  in  turn  holding  the 
.Court  of  Nisi  Prius,  were  relieved  from  original  jurisdiction,  and 
the  Judges  of  the  District  and  Common  Pleas  Courts  were  trans- 
ferred to  the  new  Courts  of  Common  Pleas,  created  by  the  Con- 
stitution." 


PROTHONOTARIES  OF  THE  DISTRICT  COURT. 


John  Porter, 
Timothy  Matlack, 
Michael  Leib, 
Randal  Hutchinson, 
John  Lisle, 
Franklin  Comly, 
William  White, 
William  V.  Pettit,1 
Edward  C.  Dale, 
David  C.  Skerritt, 
Augustin  R.  Peale, 
Thomas  Fletcher, 
James  W.  Fletcher, 
John  P.  McFadden, 
Philip  S.  White, 
George  Kelly, 
James  McManes, 


also  of  the  C.  P., 
of  D.  C.  only, 
commissioned 


elected 


April  25,  1811 

Mar.  14,  1817 

Nov.  15,  1822 

Feb.  27,  1824 

Feb.  22,  1830 

Mar.  24,  1836 

Jan'y  7,  1839 

Feb'y  9,  1839 

Dec.  i 

1842 

Dec.  i 

1845 

Dec. 

1848 

Dec. 

1851 

Dec. 

1854 

Dec. 

1857 

Dec. 

1860 

Dec. 

1863 

Dec. 

1866 

1  Appointed  and  then  elected  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  October,  to  serve 
three  years  from  the  first  day  of  December.     See  Act  of  July  2,  1839  g  3. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  81 

William  K.  Hopkins,  elected  Dec.     i,    1869 

William  B.  R.  Selby,1  "  Dec.     i,    1872 


Commissioners  of  Insolvents. 

Act  of  March  13,  1812,  to  expire  April  i,  1815. 

Three  Commissioners  to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor.  This 
law  was  repealed,  except  as  to  pending  cases,  Dec.  21,  1812. 
April  29,  1814,  the  Insolvent  Law  was  declared  unconstitutional. 

Charles  Jared  Ingersoll,  commissioned  Mar.  — ,  1812 

William  Newbold,  "  Mar.  — ,  1812 

John  Conrad,  "  Mar.  — ,  1812 

George  Bartram,2  July  14,  1812 

The  Court  of  Criminal  Sessions. 

FOE   THE  CITY  AND   COUNTY   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

This  Court  was  organized  in  accordance  with  the  Act  of  March 
19,  1838,  and  commenced  its  sessions  on  the  first  Monday  in  April, 
1838,  with  a  President  Judge  and  two  Associates,  learned  in  the  law, 
all  ex-officio  Justices  of  the  Peace,  and  to  have  all  the  powers  and 
exclusive  jurisdiction  exercised  by  the  Mayor's  Court  and  the  Re- 
corder's Court  of  the  Northern  Liberties,  Kensington  and  Spring 
Garden.  The  Clerk  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace  to  be 
Clerk  of  the  Court.  "All  the  necessary  records  of  the  Mayor's 
Court,  Recorder's  Court,  and  of  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  of 
the  County  of  Philadelphia,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Clerk  of  the 
Sessions  Court." — Laws  of  Penna,  1838,  section  18,  p.  125. 
Abolished  by  Act  of  2jth  February,  1840. 

1  Mr.  Selby  served  until  the  Court  was  abolished,  and  then  became  by  the 
Constitution  of  1873,   Prothonotary  of  the  Common  Pleas.     The  Bar  seldom 
came  in  contact  with  the  Prothonotaries.     Their  duties  were  performed  by 
Deputies.     The  Seniors  of  the  Bar  have  a  vivid  recollection  of  Matthias  Coates, 
who  was  Chief  Clerk  previous  to   1840,  for  many  years.     He  was  a  character 
in  his  way,  and  made  all  the  lawyers  "  stand  from  under"   when  he  was  in  a 
bad  humor.     He  was  much  liked,  however.     John  L.  Woolf  was  Deputy  for 
Mr.  Dale,  and  afterwards  principal  Deputy  for  Sheriff  Lelar.     Edwin  T.  Chase, 
succeeded    Woolf  as    Chief   Clerk,   and    held   that    office  for   a    long  time. 
The  Bar  will  recall  with  pleasure  Frederick  A.  Trego,  James  G.  Gibson,  Search- 
Clerk  for  many  years,  and  afterwards  Prothonotary  of  the  Common  Pleas;  David 
A.  Allison,  who  succeeded  him  as  Search-Clerk,  and  continued  in  that  position 
for  a  long  period,  and   Benjamin  M.  Shain,  who  was  for  a  long  series  of  years 
a    clerk;    Henry    T.    Coleman,    a   former    Appearance-Clerk,    from    1845    '° 
1848;   Horace    L.    Peterson,   in    the   same    position,   and    Pierre    Chapouty, 
Chief  Clerk,  and  also  Robert  E.  Hackett,  for  many  years  one  of  the  Clerks, 
who  died  Jan.  8,  1882,  aged  72  years,  all  pleasant  and  obliging  gentlemen. 

2  Appointed  in  the  place  of  Conrad,  who  resigned. 


82  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

PRESIDENT  JUDGE. 
James Todd,1  appointed         Mar.   28,  1838 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 

John  Bouvier,2  appointed         Mar.   28,  1838 

Robert  T.  Conrad,3  "  Mar.   28,  1838 

The  Court  of  General  Sessions. 

FOR   THE   CITY   AND   COUNTY   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

ESTABLISHED   BY   ACT   OF    FEB.    27,    1840. 

Abolished  by  Act  of  Feb.  3,  1843. 

The  Court  of  General  Sessions  was  to  consist  of  three  Judges, 
learned  in  the  law,  and  to  have  exclusive  jurisdiction  and  cogni- 
zance of  all  matters  of  which  the  Court  of  Criminal  Sessions  then 
had  jurisdiction,  and  with  power  to  try  all  cases  of  murder,  &c. 
And  such  duties  as  were  incident  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Oyer  and 
Terminer  were  to  be  performed  by  the  Clerk  of  that  Court  ;  and 
such  as  appertained  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Criminal  Sessions  were  to 
continue  to  be  performed  by  the  Clerk  of  that  Court.  When  the 
Court  was  abolished,  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  was  reinstated 
with  all  its  former  powers  and  original  jurisdiction. 

PRESIDENT  JUDGES. 

George  W.  Barton,4  appointed         Mar.   20,  1840 

Anson  V.  Parsons,5  "  Jan.   — ,    1843 

ASSOCIATE  JUDGES. 

Robert  T.  Conrad,  appointed        Mar.   20,  1840 

Joseph  M.  Doran,  "  Mar.   20,  1840 

CLERK. 
William  O.  Kline,      ,          appointed        Mar.   20,  1840 

The  Clerks  of  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions. 

FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  PHILADELPHIA. 

John  Southern,  commissioned      date    unknown 

Patrick  Robinson,  in  office  13,3  mo.,  1686 

David  Lloyd,  by  Prov.  Council       i,  8  mo.,  1686 

1  Of  Fayctte  county  ;  Attorney-General  when  appointed. 

*  Recorder  of  Philadelphia.     :l  Recorder  of  the  Northern  Liberties. 

1  Judge  Barton  resigned  Dec.  31,  1842. 

•'On  Feb.  3,  1843,  the  bill  abolishing  the  General  Sessions  having  been 
finally  passed,  the  Governor  revoked  the  appointment  of  Anson  V.  Parson*  ;is 
I'u^ident  Judge,  and  nominated  him  as  an  additional  Judge  of  the  Common 
Pleas,  and  the  Senate  confirmed  him  Feb.  8.  He  never  presided. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


83 


James  Claypoole,1.  commissioned 

John  Claypoole,'2  " 
Robert  Assheton,         by  City  Charter 

Ralph  Assheton,3  in  office 

Charles  Read,  died  before 

Thomas  Hopkinson,  appointed 

Andrew  Hamilton,  " 

John  Lawrence,*  " 

William  Parr,5  his  Deputy. 

Hilary  Baker,  commissioned 
Charles  Biddle,6 
Joseph  Reed, 
Richard  Bache,  Jr., 

Tench  Coxe,  " 
William  Runkle,  Jr., 
Erasmus  Thomas, 

Henry  Shoemaker,  " 

John  Conrad,  " 

Matthew  Randall,  " 

Bartholomew  Graves,  " 
Edward  D.  Corfield, 

William  G.  Conroy,  " 

James  Eneu,  Jr.,7  " 

Andrew  Flick,  " 

John  Thompson,  Jr.,  " 

John  Williams,  " 

John  A.  Scanlan,  " 

George  M.  Howell,  " 

Joseph  Crockett,  " 

George  H.  Moore,  " 
John  C.  Butler, 
Thomas  H.  Ash  ton, 

Henry  H.  Bingham,  " 

George  Truman,  " 


28,  12,  1688-9 
July  6,  1697 
Oct.  25,  1701 


Jan.  20,  1736-7 
Jan.  20,  1736-7 
Feb.  24,  1745 
Sept.  8,  1747 


Aug.  19, 

1777 

*7  1C\  A 

? 
Jan.  22, 

7794 
1800 

Nov.  9, 

1805 

Jan.  28, 

1815 

March  4, 

1818 

March  15, 

1821 

Nov.  2, 

1823 

Feb.  7, 

1824 

1829 

> 

Feb.  22, 

1830 

March  24, 

1836 

Jan.  20, 

1839 

Feb.  9, 

'839 

NOV.  22, 

1842 

Oct.  14, 

1845 

Nov.  25, 

1848 

NOV.  22, 

1851 

Nov.  10, 

1854 

Nov.  2, 

1857 

NOV.  22, 

1860 

Nov.  8, 

1866 

Nov.  1  6, 

1869 

Nov.  i, 

1870 

Nov.  5, 

1878 

1  I  C.  R.,  208,  214;  died  1690. 
?  In  office;    I  Pa.  Archives,   125. 

3  See  9  Pa.  Archives,  699  ;  2d  series. 

4  John  Lawrence  was  appointed  in  the  place  of  Andrew  Hamilton,  deceased  ; 
5  C.  K.,  106  (1747),  no,  and  held  office  until  his  death,  January,  1775.     Al- 
though it  is  stated  in  9  Pa.  Archives,  2d  series,  699,  that  James  Read  was 
appointed  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  June   4,   1752,  it   is  probably  an  error.     See 
Prothonotaries  of  Common  Pleas. 

5  See  4  Pa.  Archives,  601  and  Aitken's  Register  for  1773,  p.  30,  &c. 

6  The  Directory  of  1794  says,  Charles  Biddle  was  Prothonotary  of  the  county. 
The  Directories  of  1798  and   1799,  under  the  head  of  the  Common  Pleas  and 
Quarter  Sessions,  give  Charles  Biddle,  "  Prothonotary  of  said  Court." 

7  James  Eneu,  Jr.,  under  the  Constitution  of  1838,  was  elected  on  Oct.  8, 
1839,  to  serve  three  years  from  Dec.  I.     See  Act  July    2,  1839. 


84  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Isaac  McBride,1  ad  interim   .     Sept.   29,  1879 

William  R.  Leeds,2  appointed         Oct.     4,     1879 

Win.  E.  Littleton,  elected  Nov.     2,    1880 

Interpreter 

FOR  THE  COURT  OP  QUARTER  SESSIONS. 

Appointed  by  the  Judges,  term  Jive  years. 

Joseph  Sanson,3  appointed          Feb.     8,     1869 

Joseph  P.  Galton,  Chief  Court  Clerk  of  the  Quarter  Sessions, 
died  on  Jan.  22,  1879,  aged  39  years.  He  entered  the  office  of 
the  Clerk  of  the  Q.  S.  in  1857,  when  quite  young,  as  an  assistant 
to  J.  Orlando  Tobias,  the  then  Chief  Court  Clerk,  and  suc- 
ceeded him  in  that  position  in  1860.  His  death  was  announced 
in  Judge  Mitchell's  Court  by  District  Attorney  Hagert,  on  the 
afternoon  of  the  day  of  his  death.  He  said,  "It  becomes  my 
painful  duty  to  announce  to  your  Honor  the  decease  of  Joseph 
P.  Galton,  who  was  connected  with  this  Court  for  a  period  of 
twenty-one  years,  and  who  was  for  more  than  eighteen  years  its 
Court  Clerk.  In  the  course  of  this  long  experience  Mr.  Galton 
had  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  business  and  practice 
of  the  Court,  and  was  frequently  consulted  by  the  Judges  in  mat- 
ters arising  in  the  progress  of  its  daily  business.  Indeed,  so 
thoroughly  informed  was  he  upon  such  matters,  that  although 
comparatively  young  in  years,  he  filled  the  full  measure  of  the  old 
law  writer's  description  of  the  aged  and  faithful  clerk,  who  \\  us 
described  as  the  'right  hand  of  the  Court.'  Ever  faithful  and 
attentive  to  his  duties,  courteous  and  obliging  to  all  with  whom 
he  was  brought  into  contact,  his  loss  will  be  sensibly  felt  by  the 
Court  and  the  Bar.  I  deem  it  due  to  the  memory  of  this 
efficient  and  faithful  officer  to  bear  this  public  testimony  to  his 
worth  and  ability,  and  as  a  mark  of  esteem  in  which  he  was  held 
by  the  Judges,  I  move,  your  Honor,  that  a  Minute  of  his  death  be 
entered  on  the  Records  of  the  Court." 

Judge  Mitchell  in  a  few  feeling  remarks  eulogistic  of  the  de- 

1  See  the  opinion  of  the  City  Solicitor  of  Oct.  ,21,  1879. 
•  *  Vice  Truman,  deceased. 

s  In  the  edition  of  Purdon's  Digest,  by  Brightly,  1853,  it  is  said,  in  a  note 
to  an  Act  providing  for  the  appointment  of  an  Interpreter  in  Alleghany  county. 
that  the  several  sworn  Interpreters  of  foreign  languages  in  the  City  and  County 
of  Philadelphia  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  the  same  fees  as  the  Alleghany 
County  Interpreter  for  attendance  on  Courts.  This  Act  was  passed  April  14, 
1838.  In  a  note  the  compiler  says  that  the  only  Act  authorizing  the  appoint 
ment  of  an  Interpreter  in  Philadelphia  was  the  General  Health  Law  of  Jan.  29, 
1818,  which  gave  him  fees  for  his  visits  to  vessels.  On  the  27th  of  March,  1865, 
a  law  was  passed  authorizing  the  appointment  of  an  Interpreter  in  Philadelphia 
by  the  Governor;  and  one,  for  the  Court,  by  the  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas. 
See  Com.  ex.  rel.  Girard  -vs.  Sanson,  67  Pa.  State  Reports,  322. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  85 

ceased,  said  that  he  acquiesced  in  what  Mr.  Hagert  had  said,  and 
ordered  a  Minute  of  the  proceedings  to  be  entered  on  the  Records. 
The  death  of  Mr.  Galton  was  also  announced  in  the  old  court 
room  by  Assistant  District  Attorney  Reed  ;  and  Judge  Yerkes, 
after  making  an  appropriate  reply,  ordered  that  the  Court  be  ad- 
journed in  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  deceased.  These  were 
exceptional  honors  to  one  occupying  so  subordinate  a  position  ; 
but  the  moral  is  evident, 

"  Honor  and  fame  from  no  condition  rise ; 
Act  well  your  part,  there  all  the  honor  lies." 

Prosecuting   Attorneys  for  Philadelphia. 

This  list  is  very  unsatisfactory,  but  it  is  the  best  I  could  com- 
pile from  the  Reports  and  the  memory  of  the  older  members  of 
the  Bar,  and  is,  therefore,  necessarily  incomplete  in  many  par- 
ticulars. Attorney-General  Lear  wrote  me  in  1878,  that  there 
were  no  lists  of  the  Deputies  on  file  in  the  Attorney-General's 
office.  The  Prosecuting  Attorneys  were —  / 

DEPUTY   ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.  l 

Joseph  Barnes,  appointed          — ,  1810 

Peter  A.  Browne,  "  — ,  1811 

Edward  Ingersoll,  — ,  1814 

Peter  A.  Browne,  O.  6°  T.  Jan'y  — ,  1817 

Charles  S.  Coxe,  Q.  S.  Jan'y  — ,  1817 

Thomas  Kittera,  Mayor's  Court  Jan'y — ,  1817 

George  M.  Dallas,  vice  Kittera  Jan'y  — ,  1818 

William  J.  Duane,  vice  Dallas  Jan'y  — >  1821 

Jasper  Slaymaker,  Mayor' 's  Court  Tan'y  — ,  1821 

Thomas  Kittera,  S.  C.&O.&T  Feb'y   2,  1821 

George  M.  Dallas,  Q.  S.  Feb'y  9,  1824 

Charles  S.  Coxe,  Mayor's  Court  Feb'y  9,  1824 

Thomas  M.  Pettit,  5.  C.  &  O.  &•  T.  Feb'y  9,  1824 

Samuel  Rush,  — ,  1826 

George  M,  Dallas,  O.  &  T.                     ,  1826 

Thomas  M.  Pettit,  — ,  1826 

George  M.  Dallas,  for  the  County,  Feb.   22,  1828 

Samuel  Rush,  Mayor1  s  Court ,1828-9 

Augustus  H.  Richards,      Q.  S.  — ,  1829 

1  All  the  Attorneys-General  had  their  Deputies  here,  but  some  represented 
the  Commonwealth  themselves,  particularly  those  residents  of  the  city.  Joseph 
B.  McKean,  1800  to  1808;  Richard  Rush,  1811  ;  Jared  Ingersoll,  1811  to 
1816;  Ellis  Lewis,  1831;  George  M.  Dallas,  1838;  William  B.  Reed,  1838; 
Ovid  F.  Johnson,  1839  to  1845;  Benjamin  F.  Champneys,  1846,  and  James 
C'ooper  in  1848,  appeared  before  the  Courts  here  in  person  as  the  representa- 
tives of  the  Commonwealth. 
13 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Thomas  S.  Smith, 
Philip  S.  Markley, 
Joel  B.  Sutherland, 
Michael  W.  Ash, 
John  Wurts, 
Samuel  Rush, 
Michael  W.  Ash, 
Joel  B.  Sutherland, 


for  the  County 

vice  Smith 
for  the  County 

Q.S. 
Mayor1  s  Court 


O.  &T. 

Q.S. 

Augustus  H.  Richards,    Mayor's  Court 
Joel  B.  Sutherland,  O.  &  T.  &.  S.  C. 
Michael  W.  Ash, 
John  Wayne  Ashmead,      Q.  S. 
Edward  C.  Watmough,  Mayor's  Court 
David  S.  Todd,  for  the  County 

Ellis  Lewis, 
Samuel  Rush, 
Edward  E.  Law, 
George  W.  Barton, 
Henry  M.  Phillips,1 
William  L.  Hirst,1 
C.  Wallace  Brooke, 
Ashbel  Green,  Jr., 
William  Badger, 
William  A.  Porter, 
J.  Murray  Rush, 
William  D.  Kelley, 
Francis  Wharton, 
William  D.  Kelley, 
David  Webster, 
William  A.  Stokes, 
David  Webster, 
William  Bradford  Reed, 
Joseph  P.  Loughead, 


April  —  ,  1829 
Sept.  —  ,  1829 
Feb.  —  ,  1830 
Feb.  26,  1830 
Feb.  —  ,  1830 
--  ,  1830 
--  ,  1831 
--  ,  1832 
Feb.  -,  1833 
Feb.  —  ,  1833 
Feb.  -,  1833 
--  ,  1833 
Jan'y  —  ,  1834 
--  >  1835 


--  ,  1838 
--  ,  1839 
--  ,  1839 
--  >  1839 
--  ,  1840-1 
--  ,  1841 
--  ,  1842 
May  3,  1842 
—  ,  1844 
-  —  ,  1845 
---  ,  1845-6 
Jan'y  —  ,  1847 
Jan'y  —  ,  1847 
June  23,  1848 
June  23,  1848 
--  ,  1849 
--  ,  1849 


District  Attorneys  of  Philadelphia. 

Previous  to  1850  the  prosecuting  law  officer  for  the  Common- 
wealth in  the  different  counties  of  the  State,  was  appointed  by  the 
Attorney-General,  and  called  the  Deputy  Attorney-General.  By 
the  Act  of  May  3,  1850,  P.  L.,  654,  the  qualified  voters  of  every 
county  in  the  State  were  authorized  to  elect  one  person  learned 
in  the  law,  as  District  Attorney,  for  three  years  from  the  first 
Monday  in  November  next  after  his  election.  By  Article  14,  of 

1  Messrs.  Lewis,  Phillips  and  Hirst,  are  mentioned  in  the  reports  as  appear- 
ing for  the  Commonwealth,  but  I  believe  they  were  not  Prosecuting  Attorneys 
or  Deputies  in  the  strict  sense,  but  only  assisted  the  Attorneys-General  in  spe- 
cial cases.  At  the  times  stated  Messrs.  Barton  and  Brooke  were  Deputies  for 
Ovid  F.  Johnson,  the  then  Attorney-General. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  87 

the  new  Constitution,  District  Attorneys  are  declared  to  be 
county  officers,  and  their  terms  begin  on  the  first  Monday  in 
January  next  after  their  election,  to  represent  the  Commonwealth 
in  all  criminal  and  other  prosecutions.  Since  that  time  the  fol- 
lowing gentlemen  have  acted  as  District  Attorneys  for  the  judicial 
district,  known  as  the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia. 

DISTRICT   ATTORNEYS. 

Horn  R.  Kneass,              in  office  from  1850  to  1851  • 

His  election  contested  successfully  by 

William  B.  Reed,             in  office  from  1851  to  1856 

Lewis  C.  Cassidy,1                elected  Nov.  3,  1856 

His  election  successfully  contested  by 

William  B.  Mann,           in  office  from  1856  to  1868 

Joseph  P.  Loughead,                  "  1856  to  1859 

Dennis  W.  O'Brien, *  Dep.  Dist.  Atfy,  June  21,  1861 

Furman  Sheppard,*              elected  Nov.  2,  1868 

Charles  Gibbons,             by  the  Court  Oct.  25,  1869 

Furman  Sheppard,                      "  May  3,  1870 

William  B.  Mann,            in  office  from  1871  to  1875 

Furman  Sheppard,                      "  1875  to  l878 

Henry  S.  Hagert,                        "  1878  to  1881 

George  S.  Graham,4              elected  Nov.  2,  1880 

1  The  Act  of  April  27,  1857,  which  was  passed  with  the  intention  of  com- 
promising the  contest  between  Mr.  Mann  and  Mr.  Cassidy,  provided  that  there 
should  be  two  District  Attorneys,  the  Judges  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  to  appoint 
the  additional  District  Attorney,  but  the  Presiding  Judge  of  the  Court  and  his 
Associates  refused  to  recognize  the  Act  as  a  compromise,  and  the  contest  went 
on  and  was  decided  in  favor  of  Mr.  Mann.  The  Court  then  appointed  Mr. 
Ixmghead  the  additional  District  Attorney. 

-  District  Attorney  Mann  was  in  service  for  over  four  months,  in  1861,  as 
Colonel  of  the  3ist  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  during  which  time  Mr.  O'Brien 
was  his  Deputy.     He  was  the  assistant  of  Mr.  Reed  during  the  latter's  term. 
Mr.  Mann's  son,  Charles  Naylor,  was  his  assistant  after  his  admission  to  the  Bar 
in  1862.     The  late  Judge  Thomas  Bradford   Dwight  and  William  H.  Ruddi- 
nian,  were  also  Mr.  Mann's  assistants. 

'•'  Mr.  Sheppard  had  certificate  of  election,  and  was  sworn  in.  Mr.  Gibbons 
contested  his  election,  and  the  Court  declared  him  elected,  Oct.  25,  1869; 
afterwards  the  Court  discovered  they  had  made  an  error  in  counting  the  votes, 
so  on  May  3,  1870,  reversed  their  former  decision  and  declared  Mr.  Sheppard 
duly  elected.  His  assistants  during  the  time  he  held  office  were,  Henry  S. 
Hagert,  Robert  P.  Dechert,  and  William  Wilson  Ker. 

Mr.  Hagert's  assistants  were,  John  R.  Reed,  Dallas  Sanders,  and  William 
Wilson  Ker,  now  an  assistant  to  the  Att'y-Gen.  of  the  United  States. 

*  District  Attorney  George   S.  Graham   made  the  following  appointments  : 
First  Assistant. — Francis  Amed£e  Bregy.    Second  Assistant. — Charles  Franklin 
Warwick.    Third  Assistant. — John  Lippincott  Kinsey.     Clerk. — James  Murray- 
Rush  Jermon.     Mr.  Bregy  was  Assistant  under  Col.  Mann. 


88 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Salaries  of  County  Officers, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA   COUNTY. 
Act  of  March  31,  1876. 

District  Attorney,  $15,000 

First  Assistant,  6,000 

Second  Assistant,  5>ooo 

Third  Assistant,  3,°°o 

Sheriff,  15,000 

Coroner,  6,000 

Deputy  Coroner,  2,500 

Prothonotary  of  the  Common  Pleas,  10,000 
Clerk  of  the  Quarter  Sessions,  Oyer  and 

Terminer  and  General  Jail  Delivery,  10,000 

Recorder  of  Deeds,  12,000 
Register  of  Wills,  who  is  also  Clerk  of 

the  Orphans'  Court,  10,000 

Treasurer,  10,000 

Commissioners  (each),  5,000 

Controller,  -  10,000 

City  Solicitors. 

By  Ordinance  of  Feb.  27,  iSoi,1  an  Attorney  and  Solicitor 
for  the  Corporation  was  authorized  to  be  appointed  by  the  Mayor, 
salary  $500.  I  am  indebted  to  the  late  estimable  Chief  Justice 
John  Meredith  Read  for  this  list  of  the  City  Solicitors,  and  for 
encouraging  me  to  compile  these  lists  for  preservation  and  future 
reference. 


Jared  Ingersoll,2 
Joseph  Hopkinson, 
Mahlon  Dickerson, 
William  Meredith, 
William  Mcllhenny,  Jr., 
Joseph  Reed, 
William  Meredith, 
Randal  Hutchinson, 
E.  Spencer  Sergeant, 
John  Read,3 
Thomas  McKean  Pettit, 


appointed 


1798 
1801 
1801 
1808 
1809 
1810 
1811 
1813 
1814 
1818 
1820 


1  ( >rclinance  repealed  Dec.  28,  1815.  Ordinance  of  April  10,  1817,  author- 
ized the  Mayor  to  appoint  a  Solicitor,  whose  services  were  to  be  paid  for  accord- 
ing to  their  value.  And  this  was  the  rule  until  the  passage  of  the  ( )rdinance  of 
Aug.  29,  1839,  which  authorized  Councils,  yearly,  in  Jan.,  to  elect  a  Solicitor. 

'Judge  James  T.  Mitchell,  formerly  assistant  under  Mr.  Lex,  has  a  letter 
signed  by  Jared  Ingersoll,  dated  in  1798,  as  City  Solicitor. 

*John  Read,  City  Solicitor  in  1818,  was  the  father  of  the  late  Chief 
Read,  City  Solicitor  in  1830. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  89 

Robert  Wharton  Sykes,  appointed  1823 

John  K.  Kane,  "  1829 

John  Meredith  Read,  "  1830 

John  K.  Kane,  "  1831  ' 

Edward  Olmsted,1  1833 

Isaac  Hazelhurst,  elected  ^54 

William  A.  Porter,2  "  1856 

William  L.  Hirst,  by  Councils  1857 

Henry  T.  King,3  '  elected  1858 

Charles  E.  Lex,  "  1860 

Frederick  Carroll  Brewster,4          "  1862 

James  Lynd,  by  Councils  1866 

Thomas  J.  Barger,5  elected  1868 

Thomas  J.  Worrell,6  in  office  1869 

Charles  H.  T.  Collis,  elected  1871 

William  Nelson  West,7  "  X877 

Solicitors  of  the  Districts. 

FOR    PHILADELPHIA    COUNTY. 

Previous  to  Consolidation,   1854. 

John  Lewis  Leib,  in  office  from  1809    to    1817 

John  Hallowell,  appointed  1817    to    1818 

William  Delany,  "  1818    to    1822 

Richard  Peters,  Jr.,  "  May  — ,    1822 

Thomas  Sergeant,  "  April,  — ,  1825 

Charles  Taylor,  "  1833    to    1836 

Wm.  Bradford  Reed,  "  1836    to    1841 

Charles  Wallace  Brooke,  "  Tan'y  — ?  1841 

William  Deal  Baker,  "  — ,   1841 

George  M.  Dallas  "  June  — ,   1841 

1  Mr.  Olmsted  held  the  office  for  21  years. 

-  George  L.  Ashmead  was  first  assistant  City  Solicitor  for  Mr.  Porter. 

3  The  first  assistant  under  Mr.  King,  and  also  under  Mr.   Lex,  was  David 
W.  Sellers.     The  other  assistants  under  Lex,  were  the  present  Judges,   Fin- 
letter  and  Mitchell  and  Simon  Gratz. 

4  Mr.  Brewster  was  elected  in    1862  for  three  years,  re-elected  in  1865,  re- 
signed in  1866,  having  been  elected  as  Associate  Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas. 

5  Mr.  Barger's  election  was  successfully  contested  by  Mr.  Worrell,  who  was 
declared  City  Solicitor,  in  1869. 

8  Henry  R.  Edmunds  was  Assistant  City  Solicitor  from  Feb.  25,  1870,  to 
Feb.  14,  1871.  William  P.  Messick,  A.  Atwood  Grace,  William  H.  Yerkes, 
William  N.  Ashman,  Lorin  Burritt,  Joshua  Spering,  Joseph  K.  Fletcher  and 
|ohn  H.  Seltzer  for  the  Guardians  of  the  Poor, -were  also  assistants  under  Mr. 
Worrell. 

7  Assistants  to  Mr.  West  are,  Charles  E.  Morgan,  Jr.,  John  K.  McCarthy, 
and  Francis  Alexander  Osbourn,  Solicitor  for  the  Guardians  of  the  Poor,  and 
Abraham  M.  Beitler,  Charles  Barnsley  McMichael,  Robert  W.  Finletter, 
William  H.  Addicks,  Robert  T.  Corson,  fohn  Scott,  Jr.,  M.  Verner  Simpson 
and  Thomas  Corwin  Cheston. 


90  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Benjamin  H.  Brewster,1      appointed          June  — ,  1841 

Henry  M.  Phillips,  May    6,  1845 

Peter  A.  Browne,  May  — ,  1845 

'Horn  R.  Kneass,  May— ,1847-8 

Elihu  DeKalb  Tarr,  Oct.   — ,  1849 

Joseph  Pfeiffer  Loughead,1        "  — ,  1850 

William  Deal  Baker,  "               Dec.  — ,  1851 

FOR    SOUTHWARK. 

Incorporated  by  Act  of  March  26,  1762. 

And  by  Act  of  April  18,  1794." 

Joseph  M.  Doran,  in  office  — ,   1835 

Peter  Crans,  elected  Oct.    — ,    1839 

John  W.  Ashmead,  "  -  — ,   1848 

FOR  THE  NORTHERN  LIBERTIES. 

District  formed  by  Act  of  March  28,  1803. 
Solicitor  to  be  elected  by  Ordinance  of  June  i,  1830. 

James  A.  M  ah  any,  appointed 

Charles  Naylor,  elected  from 

Marshall  Sprogell, 

William  M.  Kennedy,  vice  Sprogell 

Robert  B.  Knight.  elected 

William  Wilkinson,  " 

John  Wayne  Ashmead, 

Frederick  C.  Brightly, 

John  F.  Belsterling, '  •" 

James  Goodman,  " 

FOR    MOYAMENSING. 
District  created  by  Act  of  March  24,  1812. 

Henry  Helmuth,  elected           — ,  1831 

Samuel  F.  Reed,  "  June  — ,  1838 

Horn  R.  Kneass,  "  J&39    to  1842 

Samuel  F.  Reed,3  "  July  — ,  1842 

1  Attorneys  for  forfeited  recognizances. 

'The  reason  why  it  is  impossible  to  obtain  a  list  of  the  Solicitors  of  South  - 
wark  is,  because  no  such  list  was  ever  made  out  by  any  person.  The  Minute- 
books  of  the  Corporation  pf  Southwark,  as  well  as  of  all  other  districts.  \vi- re- 
ordered to  be  placed  in  charge  of  City  Councils  after  Consolidation.  This  di 
rection  was  but  partially  enforced.  Many  of  the  books  were  carried  off  !>y 
individuals.  I  saw,  some  years  ago,  a  Minnte-book  of  the  Corporation  of 
Southwark  in  the  possession  of  a  gentleman  of  this  city,  who  claimed  it  to  be 
his  private  property.  It  is  said  that  for  some  years  after  Consolidation,  a  large 
number  of  books  belonging  to  the  District  Corporations,  with  other  papers,  were 
stored  over  the  Mayor's  office  at  Fifth  and  Chestnut  streets;  but  I  have  not 
been  able  to  verify  this  statement. 

3  Appointed  pro  tern,,  vice  Kneass,  resigned. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  91 

James  Hanna,                          elected  — ,  1845 

Robert  K.  Scott,                         "  Nov.  — ,  1845 
Francis  Dimond,                                                    -,  1847-8 

William  D.  Barnes,1  Dec.    4,  1848 

Francis  Dimond,  Jan'y    I?  l&5° 

Andrew  Miller,                            "  Dec.  — ,  1851 

Lewis  C.  Cassidy,                        "                           — ,  1852 

John  Wayne  Ashmead,                                           — ,  1853 

Edward  C.  Quin,                        "                       ,  1854 

FOR  SPRING  GARDEN. 

District   established  by  Act  of  March  23,    1813. 

Solicitors  elected  by  Ordinance  of  June  18,  1832. 

Peter  A.  Browne,                  appointed  Jan'y  — ,  1820 

James  Page,                                 "  Jan'y  — >  1824 

Samuel  Chew,                              "  — ,  1826 

Robert  Bethell,                       elected                     — ,  1832 

Eli  K.  Price,                                                            — ,  1833 

John  Miles,                             in  office                    — ,  1835 

Charles  Naylor,                       elected  Dec.  — ,  1835 

EH  K.  Price,                                "  Dec.  — ,  1837 

Henry  M.  Phillips,  Dec.    8,  1841 

Joseph  Allison,  Dec.  4, 1848-51 

Robert  Bethell,                            "  Dec.  — ,  1851 

Leonard  Myers.  — ,  1854 

FOR  KENSINGTON. 

Incorporated  by  Act  of  March   6,  1820. 

Office  created  by   Ordinance  of  Nov.  7,  1843. 

John  M.  Read,  appointed  Sept.  -,  1842-6 

Elihu  DeKalb  Tarr,2  — ,  1846-50 

John  G.  Michener,                     "                          — ,  1850 

Harlan  Ingram,                           "                           — ,  1852 

John  G.  Michener,                      "                           — ,  1854 

FOR  PENN  TOWNSHIP. 

Created  by  Act  of .  March  21,   1827. 
Incorporated  by  Act  of  Feb.  26,  1844. 

George  M.  Wharton,            appointed                    — ,  1844 

J.  Murray  Rush,  1845    to  ^46 

Horn  R.  Kneas,                          "  1848    to  1850 

David  Webster,                           "  Oct.    22,  1850 

Henry  T.  Grout,                          "  — ,  1851 

David  Webster,                                                        — ,  1854 

1  Collector  of  outstanding  debts,  1847-8. 
-  See  his  Digest  of  the  Ordinances. 


92  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

FOR  WEST  PHILADELPHIA. 

Created  a  Borough,  Feb.  17,  1844. 
Title  changed  to  District,  April  3,  1851. 

Henry  M.  Phillips,  appointed  May    3,     1842 

George  Emlen,  "  April  — ,  1849 

George  L.  Ashmead,1  "  before — .1850 

William  W.  Wallace,  "  June  — ,   1850 

Henry  M.  Phillips,  1851     to    1854 

FOR  RICHMOND. 

Incorporated  Feb.  27,  1847. 

William  E.  Lehman,  appointed        April  — ,  1847 

Edward  C.  Graeff,  "  Oct'r  — ,  1849 

Thomas  W.  Higgins,  "  1853  and  1854 

FOR  MANAYUNK  BOROUGH. 
Charles  D.  Freeman,  appointed        April  — ,  1847 

FOR  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

Samuel  E  wing,  in  office  1812  to  1818 

Charles  Naylor,  "  1835  to  1838 

Benjamin  Gerhard,  "  1838  to  1841. 

J.  Altamont  Phillips,  "  1841  to  1854 

FOR  THE  GUARDIANS  OF  THE  POOR. 
James  Mil  nor.  in  office  — ,   1809 


Richard  Rush, 
Samuel  Ewing, 
James  A.  Mahany, 
Joel  B.  Sutherland, 
John  M.  Scott, 
James  Hanna, 


1810 

1815 


before  — ,  1822 
1822  to  1835 
1835  to  1850 


Charles  Gilpin,  resigned          Feb.   — ,   1850 

Henry  S.  Hagert,  in  office  Oc.  16,1850-54 

Since  the  Act  of  Consolidation  the  City  Solicitor  or  his  assist- 
ants, represent  all  the  Departments  of  the  city. 

The   Recorder's  Court, 

OF   THE   NORTHERN    LIBERTIES,    KENSINGTON    AND 

sl'IUNG   GARDEN. 

Established  by  Aft  of  June  16,  1836. 

This  Court  was  abolished  by  Act  of  March  19,  1838,  creating 
the  Court  of  Criminal  Sessions.  It  was  irreverently  called  "  The 
Flaxseed  Court." 

1  Sec  copy  of  Ordinances,  edited  by  him  in  1851. 


or  PHILADELPHIA.  93 

PRESIDENT. 
Robert  T.  Conrad,  commissioned      July   16,    1836 

ASSOCIATES. 
The  Aldermen  of  the  Districts. 

I  have  had  no  opportunity  of  examining  the  Records  of  the 
Districts  ;  in  fact,  I  believe  they  have  all  been  destroyed,  hence 
these  imperfect  lists.  There  were  ho  City  Directories  printed  in 
1836  or  1838,  and  that  of  1837  contains  no  lists  of  the  Aldermen, 
except  those  of  the  City  proper.  Being  unable  to  find  out  the 
names  of  the  gentlemen  who  sat  as  Associates,  application  was 
made  to  the  author  of  the  History  of  Philadelphia  for  any  infor- 
mation he  had  on  the  subject.  He  replied  as  follows : 

"  By  an  Act  passed  in  1 832,  seven  Aldermen  were  to  be  appointed  for  the  Dis- 
trict of  the  Northern  Liberties.  John  T.  Goodman,  Nathan  Harper,  John  Laws, 
|ohn  R.  Walker,  Frederick  Wolbert,  Peter  Hay  and  John  Conrad  were  ap- 
pointed in  1833.  Some  one  of  these  must  have  died,  resigned  or  declined, 
because  Mordecai  Y.  Bryant  was  appointed  April  I7th,  1833,  in  the  place  of 
somebody;  John  M.  Cannon  was  appointed  April  1510,1834;  and  Michael 
Andress  April  i6th,  1836.  The  three  latter  were  probably  in  commission  at 
the  time  the  Recorder's  Court  was  created ;  but  we  do  not  know  which  four 
of  the  seven  first  above  named  were  in  service  at  that  time.  The  Spring  Gar- 
den Aldermen,  by  Act  of  1832,  were  four  in  number.  There  were  appointed 
in  1833  :  Morton  McMichael,  Charles  Souder,  John  L.  Woolf  and  Freeman 
Scott.  June  2Oth,  1836.  Martin  W.  Alexander  was  appointed.  We  presume 
that  he  was  the  successor  of  Charles  Souder,  who  died.  June  2,  1836.  By  Act 
of  1832  four  Aldermen  were  to  be  appointed  for  the  District  of  Kensington, 
and  in  1834  the  number  was  increased  to  five.  In  1833  the  four  Aldermen 
were :  Hugh  Clark,  Isaac  Boileau,  Robert  Hodgson  and  David  Snyder. 
William  B.  Mott  was  appointed  December  7th,  1835.  On  December  gth,  1836, 
Samuel  Weyant  replaced  one  of  the  foregoing,  but  we  do  not  know  who." 
Frederick  Wolbert,  an  Alderman  of  the  Northern  Liberties,  died  June  19, 1836. 

The    Mayors, 

OF    THE    NORTHERN    LIBERTIES. 

Under  the  Acts  of  June  16,   1836,  and  March  7,  1840. 

John  Conrad,  from  1836  to  1840 

Edward  D.  Corfield,1  July  13,  1840 

John  M.  Cannon,                       "  1840  to  1844 

John  F.  Belsterling,                    "  1844  to  1849 

William  Wilkinson,                    "  1849  to  I^5I 

George  M.  Howell,  1851  to  1854. 

1  Corfield  was  elected  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners,  for  the  unexpired 
term  of  Conrad,  who  resigned. 
13 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


The    Mayors, 

OF   THE   CITY   OP    PHILADELPHIA. 

Hanging  in  the  office  of  the  Mayor  will  be  found  portraits  of 
all  the  gentlemen  who  have  held  this  office,  except  that  of  Captain 
Matthew  Lawler  and  that  of  Col.  James  Nelson  Baker,  of  whom 
no  likenesses  are  known  to  exist. 


Edward  Shippen,  by  the  Charter 

Anthony  Morris,  by  Common  Council 

Griffith  Jones,  " 

Joseph  Wilcox, 

Nathan  Stanbury, 

Thomas  Masters, 

Richard  Hill, 

William  Carter, 

Samuel  Preston, 

Jonathan  Dickinson, 

George  Roche, 

Richard  Hill, 

Jonathan  Dickinson, 

William  Fishbourne, 

James  Logan, 

Clement  Plumsted, 

Isaac  Norris, 

William  Hudson, 

Charles  Read, 

Thomas  Lawrence, 

Thomas  Griffitts, 

Samuel  Hasell, 

Thomas  Griffitts, 

Thomas  Lawrence. 

William  Allen, 

Clement  Plumsted, 

Thomas  Griffitts, 

Anthony  Morris, 

Edward  Roberts, 

Samuel  Hasell, 

Clement  Plumsted, 

William  Till, 

Benjamin  Shoemaker, 

Edward  Shippen, 

James  Hamilton, 

William  Attwood, 

Charles  Willing, 

Thomas  Lawrence, 

William  Plumsted, 


Oct. 

25> 

1701 

Oct. 

5> 

1703 

Oct. 

3. 

1704 

Oct. 

2, 

1705 

Oct. 

i, 

1706 

Oct. 

7> 

1707 

Oct. 

4, 

1709 

Oct. 

3> 

1710 

Oct. 

2, 

1711 

Oct. 

7, 

1712 

Oct. 

6, 

1713 

Oct. 

5» 

1714 

Oct. 

i, 

1717 

Oct. 

6, 

1719 

Oct. 

2, 

1722 

Oct. 

7i 

1723 

Oct. 

6, 

1724 

Oct. 

5> 

1725 

Oct. 

4, 

1726 

Oct. 

i, 

1728 

Oct. 

7, 

1729 

Oct. 

6, 

i73i 

Oct. 

2, 

1733 

Oct. 

I, 

1734 

Oct. 

7. 

'735 

Oct. 

5> 

1736 

Oct. 

4, 

1737 

Oct. 

3' 

1738 

Oct. 

2, 

J739 

Oct. 

7> 

1740 

Oct. 

6, 

1741 

Oct. 

5. 

1742 

Oct. 

4, 

^743 

Oct. 

2, 

1744 

Oct. 

i, 

1745 

Oct. 

7, 

1746 

Oct. 

4, 

1748 

Oct. 

3. 

1749 

Oct. 

2, 

175° 

OF  PHILADELPHIA.  y;"> 

Robert  Strettell,     by  Common  Council    Oct.  i,  1751 

Benjamin  Shoemaker,  Oct.  3,  1752 

Thomas  Lawrence,  Oct.  2,  [753 

Charles  Willing,  "  Oct.  i,  1754 

William  Plumsted,  Dec.  4,  1754 

Attwood  Shute,  "  Oct.  5,  1756 

Thomas  Lawrence,  Oct.  15,  1758 

John  Stamper,  "  Oct.  2,  1759 

Benjamin  Shoemaker,  "  Oct.  7,  1760 

Jacob  Duche,  "  Oct.  6,  1761 

Henry  Harrison,  "  Oct.  5,  1762 

Thomas  Willing,  "  Oct.  4,  1763 

Thomas  Lawrence,  "  Oct.  2,  1764 

John  Lawrence,  "  Oct.  i,  1765 

Isaac  Jones,  "  Oct.  6,  1767 

Samuel  Shoemaker,  "  Oct.  3,  1769 

John  Gibson,  Oct.  i,  1771 

William  Fisher,  Oct.  5,  1773 

Samuel  Rhoads,  "  Oct.  4,  1774 

Samuel  Powel,  "  Oct.  3,  1775 

THE  REVOLUTION,'  office  vacant  1776  to  1789 

Samuel  Powel,  by  the  Councils         Oct.  2,  17891 

Samuel  Miles,  "  Oct.  i,  1790 

John  Barclay,  "  Oct.  7,  1791 

1  During  the  occupation  of  Philadelphia  by  the  British,  Samuel  Shoemaker 
was  continued  the  first  Magistrate  of  Police,  by  the  King's  authority.  He  died 
Oct.  10,  1800,  aged  76.  years.  See  Pou/son's  Advertiser,  Oct.  II,  1800.  The 
author  of  the  History  of  Philadelphia  replied  to  a  query,  "  How  was  the  city 
governed  during  the  Revolution,  from  1776  to  1789  ?"  in  the  Sunday  Dispatch 
of  Oct.  15, 1882,  that,  "  The  last  election  for  Mayor  under  the  Proprietary  Char- 
ter, was  on  the  3d  day  of  October,  1775,  and  there  had  been  no  meeting  for  six 
months  previously.  There  was  no  meeting  afterward  until  the  1 7th  of  February, 
1776,  and  that  was  the  last  upon  the  Minutes.  Why  the  City  Charter  was  con- 
sidered to  be  superseded  by  the  events  of  the  Revolution,  is  a  political  rather 
than  a  legal  question.  By  the  events  of  the  Revolution  the  people  claimed  to 
have  succeeded  to  every  right  which  the  Proprietaries  had  under  the  royal  Char-- 
ter,  and  which  the  Assembly  and  every  local  government  had.  It  was  an  accepted 
fact,  after  the  4th  of  July,  1776,  that  the  old  government  was  overthrown.  The 
Convention  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  in  1776,  appointed  a  large  number  of 
Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  City  and  County,  among  whom  were  Benjamin 
Franklin,  John  Dickinson  and  George  Bryan.  They  were  required,  before 
assuming  their  duties,  to  take  an  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  renunciation  of  the  authority  of  George  HI.  Under  the  Constitution  of 
1776,  Justices  were  elected,  two  for  each  ward,  &c.,  and  they  were  commis- 
sioned March  28th,  1777,  for  the  city,  and  for  the  city  and  county  June  6th,  of 
the  same  year.  After  that  justices  were  appointed  and  elected  for  the  city  up- 
to  the  time  of  the  second  City  Charter.  No  Aldermen  were  appointed  within . 
that  period.  During  the  interval  the  municipal  government  was  suspended. 
The  affairs  of  the  city  seemed  to  have  been  carried  on  by  Councils  of  Safety, 
Wardens  and  Street  Commissioners—  officers  having  authority  under  old  Acts 
nf  Assembly.  The  Wardens  had  control  of  lighting  the  streets,  and  the  Com- 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Matthew  Clarkson,      by  the  Councils 

Hilary  Baker, 

Robert  Wharton, 

John  Inskeep, 

Matthew  Lawler, 

John  Inskeep, 

Robert  Wharton,  " 

John  Barker, 

Robert  Wharton, 

Michael  Keppele, 

John  Barker, 

John  Geyer,  " 

Robert  Wharton,  " 

James  Nelson  Barker,  " 

Robert  Wharton,  " 

Joseph  Watson, 

George  Mifflin  Dallas,1 

Benjamin  Wood  Richards,     " 

William  Milnor,  " 

Benjamin  Wood  Richards,1    " 

John  Swift,  " 

Isaac  Roach,  " 

John  Swift,  " 

John  Morin  Scott,  elected 

Peter  McCall,  " 

John  Swift,  " 

Joel  Jones,  " 

Charles  Gilpin, 

Robert  Taylor  Conrad,3         " 

Richard  Vaux,3  " 

Alexander  Henry,8  " 

Morton  McMichael,8  " 

missioners  of  paving  them  and  keeping  the  highways  in  repair.  \Ve  preMime 
thai  there  were  no  watchmen  during  the  Revolution,  except  the  military  guards. 
This  whole  subject  is  worthy  of  special  study  by  some  one  who  has  a  legal 
education  and  plenty  of  time  for  investigation.  An  exceedingly  interesting 
paper  in  reference  to  the  interregnum  in  municipal,  as  well  as  in  State  affairs, 
could  be  written.  In  regard  to  offences  triable  in  the  City  Court,  as  there  was 
no  such  tribunal  during  the  Revolution,  all  cases  of  crime  had  to  be  tried  in 
the  Quarter  Sessions  for  the  County  of  Philadelphia — because  in  law,  or  at 
least  by  general  consent,  there  was  no  City  of  Philadelphia  in  existence." 

1  By  the  Act  of  April  4,  1796,  the  Councils  were  to  elect  the  Mayor  on  the 
third  Tuesday  in  October.  The  Act  of  April  10, 1826,  repealed  the  5th  section 
of  the  Act  of  April  4,  1796,  requiring  the  Mayor  to  be  elected  from  among  the 
Aldermen,  and  authorized  Councils  to  elect  any  citizen,  and  the  Act  of  June 
21,  1839,  gave  the  people  the  right  to  elect  the  Mayor,  Councils  to  elect  where 
no  candidate  received  a  majority  ;  in  1839  Swift  was  elected  by  Councils. 

'Died  July  12,  1851,  aged  53  years. 

3  Inaugurated.     Joseph  F.  Marcer  has  been  Mayor's  Clerk  since  Jan.  I,  1873. 


Oct. 

5. 

1792 

Oct. 

21, 

1796 

Oct. 

ig, 

1798 

Oct. 

21, 

1800 

Oct. 

20, 

1801 

Oct. 

J5» 

1805 

Oct. 

21, 

1806 

Oct. 

18, 

1808 

Oct. 

16, 

1810 

Oct. 

X5» 

1811 

Oct. 

20, 

1812 

Oct. 

19, 

1813 

Oct. 

18, 

1814 

Oct. 

19, 

1819 

Oct. 

17, 

1820 

Oct. 

^9> 

1824 

Oct. 

21, 

1828 

April 

—  , 

1829 

Oct. 

20, 

1829 

Oct. 

19, 

1830 

Oct. 

16, 

1832 

Oct. 

16, 

1838 

Oct. 

15, 

:339 

Oct. 

12, 

1841 

Oct. 

8, 

1844 

Oct. 

14, 

1845 

Oct. 

9> 

1849 

Oct, 

8, 

1850 

June 

13, 

1854 

May 

13, 

1856 

May 

n, 

1858 

Jan'y 

i, 

1866 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


Daniel  Miller  Fox,1  elected 

William  StrumburgStokley,1  " 
Samuel  George  King,2  " 


Jan'y 
Jan' i 
April 


4,  1869 
i,  1872 
4,  1881 


The  Recorders, 

OF    THE    CITY    OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

See  Minutes  of  the  Common  Council,  <2rY. 

Thomas  Story,       by  the  City  Charter       Oct. 

David  Lloyd,         by  Common  Council      

Robert  Assheton,  "                   Aug. 

Andrew  Hamilton,  "                   June 

William  Allen,  "                   Aug. 

Tench  Francis,  "                   Oct. 

Benjamin  Chew,  "                    Aug. 

Andrew  Allen,3  "                   June 
Alexander  Wilcocks,      by  Councils 

Alexander  J.  Dallas,  by  Governor 

Moses  Levy,  " 
Mahlon  Dickerson, 
Joseph  Reed, 
Joseph  Mcllvaine/ 
John  Bouvier, 


25> 
> 

3> 
12, 

7i 

2, 
29, 

25, 


1701 
1702 
1708 
1727 
1741 
175° 


Samuel  Rush,5 
Richard  Vaux,6 
Robert  M.  Lee, 
Joseph  Eneu, 
James  Given,7 
Matthew  Stanley  Quay,8 
David  H.  Lane, 


July 

Oct. 

Aug. 

Jan'y 

April 

Aug. 

May 

Mar. 

April 

April 

Jan'y 


22, 

—  , 

19, 

9, 

30, 

i, 

18, 

12, 

15, 

1  8, 

31, 


1774 

1789 
1801 
1802 
1808 
1810 
1829 
1836 
1838 
1841 

1847 
1858 
1868 
1878 
1879 


Police  Magistrates. 

In  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  i2th  Section  of 
Article  V,  of  the  Constitution  of  1873,  tne  Assembly,  by  Act  of 
Feb.  5,  1875,  authorized  the  election  of  a  Police  Magistrate,  (to 
serve  for  five  years  from  the  first  Monday  in  April),  for  every 
30,000  inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia.  The  Courts 
therefor  to  be  located  by  Councils,  and  indicated  by  numbers; 
the  Magistrates  to  choose  their  Courts  by  lot ;  and  in  the  election 

1  Inaugurated. 

'-'  Klected  under  the  Constitution   of   1873,  on  the  third  Tuesday  in  Feb.,  the 
term   of  office  to  commence  the  first  Monday  in  April  next  ensuing. 
:i  Andrew  Allen  was  declared  a  traitor,  and  the  office  was  vacant  until  1789. 
4  Resigned  in  December,  1835.  5  Resigned  July  22,  1841. 

6  Resigned  May  17,  1847. 

7  Given  died,  Oct.  II,  1880,  aged  46  years. 

*  Appointed  under  the  Act  of  April  18,  1878.      Resigned  Jan.  28,  1879. 


98  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

for  Magistrates,  no  voter  to  vote  for  more  than  two-thirds  of  the 
number  to  be  elected.  By  the  Constitution  the  office  of  Alder- 
man, in  Philadelphia,  was  abolished. 

1.  Jesse  S.  Bonsall,  elected  Feb.  16,  1875 

2.  William  B.  Collins,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

3.  Andrew  Alexander,  Sr.,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

4.  T.  Sprole  Leisenring,       "  Feb.  16,  1875 

5.  William  H.  List,  "  „  Feb.  16,  1875 

6.  Hugh  Franklin  Ken nedy,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

7.  John  McClintock,  "      ,  Feb.  16,  1875 

8.  Robert  R.  Smith,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

9.  William  A.  Thorp.  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

10.  John  F.  Pole,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

11.  Wilson  Ker,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

12.  Ezra  Lukens.  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

13.  Charles  E.  Pancoast,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

14.  John  Develin,1  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

15.  Luke  V.  Sutphen,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

16.  Stuart  Field,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

17.  Henry  Smith,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

18.  Benton  O.  Severn,  Feb.  16,  1875 

19.  David  Hanley  Stone,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

20.  Alfred  T.  Snyder,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

21.  Thaddeus  Stearne,  "    '  Feb.  16,  1875 
'22.  George  R.  Krickbaum,  "  Feb.  16,  1875 

23.  Thomas  H.  Clark,  "  Feb.   16,    1875 

24.  Thomas  Randall,  "  Feb.    16,    1875 

14.  John  T.  Thompson,1  appointed       Feb.    19,    1878 

15.  Joseph  S.  Allen,2  "  Sept.   14,  1879 

SECOND  TERM. 

1.  William  A.  Thorp,  elected  Feb.  17,  1880 

2.  John  King  Findlay,         "  Feb.  17,  1880 

3.  Henry  H.  Everly,8  Feb.  17,  1880 

4.  Hugh  Collins,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

5.  William  H.  List,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

1  Develin  died,  May  ii,  1877,  and  John  T.  Thompson  was  appointed  by  the 
Governor  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  elected  Feb.  19,  1878,  for  five  years. 

-  Appointed  by  the  Governor  vice  Sutphen,  dec'd.     By  the  Act,  the  Governor 
fills  a  vacancy  until  the  first  Monday  in  the  next  succeeding  April.     The  va 
cincy  to  be  supplied  at  next  municipal  election,  for  the  full  term  of  five  years, 
as  in  case  of  Thompson,  of  Court  No.  14. 

'  Henry  H.  Everly,  of  Court  No.  3,  died  May  23,  1881,  aged  45,  and  on 
May  26,  Lieut.  James  L.  Brown  was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  elected 
on  the  third  Tuesday  in  February,  1882,  to  serve  five  years  from  the  first  Mon 
day  in  April. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  99 

6.  John  B.  Martin,  elected  Feb.  17,  1880 

7.  John  McClintock,             "  Feb.  17,  1880 

8.  Robert  R.  Smith,             "  Feb.  17,  1880 

9.  Richard  J.  Lennon,          "  Feb.  17,  1880 
10.  John  F.  Pole,                    "  Feb.  17,  1880 
n.  Albert  H.  Ladner,            "  Feb.  17,  1880 

12.  Ezra  Lukens,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

13.  Charles  Brown,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

14.  John  T.  Thompson,  Feb.  19,  1878 

15.  Joseph  S.  Allen,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

16.  William  P.  Becker,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

17.  Henry  S.  Myers,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

18.  Benton  O.  Severn,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

19.  Joseph  S.  Riley,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

20.  Robert  J  Barr,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

21.  Thomas  W.  South,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

22.  George  R.  Krickbaum,     "  Feb.  17.  1880 

23.  Thomas  H.  Clark.  "  Feb.  17,  1880 

24.  Thomas  Randall,  "  Feb.  17,  1880 
3.  James  L.  Brown,          appointed        May  26.  1881 

The   High   Sheriffs, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

By  the  Frame  of  Government,  of  April  25,  1682,  i  C.  R.,  xxvii., 
the  freemen  of  the  counties  were  to  elect  annually,  on  April  23d, 
"  a  double  number  of  persons  to  serve  for  Sheriffs,  Justices  of  the 
Peace  and  Coroners,  for  the  year  next  ensuing,  out  of  which  re- 
spective elections  and  presentments,  the  Governor,  or  his  Deputy, 
shall  nominate  and  commissionate  the  proper  number  for  each 
office  the  third  day  after  the  said  presentments;  or  else  the  first- 
named  in  such  presentment  for  each  office  shall  stand  and  serve 
for  that  office  the  year  ensuing."  No  Sheriff  could  continue  in 
office  more  than  three  successive  years,  or  be  capable  of  being 
again  elected  during  four  years  afterwards.  By  the  Constitution, 
Sept.  4,  1790,  Article  6,  Section  i,  the  people  were  to  elect  two 
persons,  the  Governor  to  appoint  one  of  them.  See  also  Act  of 
Sept.  29,  1789.  No  person  to  be  chosen  twice  in  any  six  years. 
The  same  law  applies  to  Coroners,  and  should  the  Sheriff  die,  the 
Coroner  of  the  proper  county  shall  execute  his  office.  They  shall 
hold  their  offices  for  three  years,  and  until  a  successor  shall  be 
duly  qualified.  The  amended  Constitution  of  1838  says,  in  re- 
gard to  Sheriffs  and  Coroners :  One  person  shall  be  chosen  for 
each  office,  who  shall  be  commissioned  by  the  Governor.  Vacan- 
cies to  be  filled  by  an  appointment,  to  be  made  by  the  Governor, 
until  the  next  general  election,  and  until  a  successor  shall  be  duly 
qualified.  The  Coroner  to  execute  the  duties  of  the  office  until 


100 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


another  Sheriff  shall  be  duly  commissioned.     No  person  shall  be 
chosen  or  appointed  twice  in  any  term  of  six  years. 

John  Test,1 
Benjamin  Chambers, 
Samuel  Hersent,* 
William  Carter, 
John  Claypoole,3 
John  White, 
John  Claypoole,4 
Dr.  John  Crapp,5 
Thomas  Farmer,6 
John  Finney,7 
Benjamin  Wright,8 
John  Budd,9 
John  Finney,10 
Peter  Evans, 
John  Budd, 
Owen  Roberts,11 
Owen  Owen,12 
Charles  Read, 
Septimus  Robinson, 
Joseph  Brientnall, 
Septimus  Robinson," 
John  Hyatt, 
Nicholas  Scull, 
Richard  Sewell,1* 

I  Mentioned  as  Sheriff;  late  a  merchant  of  London,  and  Sheriff  of  Chester 
county.     See  Smith's  History  of  Delaware  County,  529. 

2 Commission  extended  one  year,  and  commission  recorded;    i  C.  R..  121. 
*Held  office  until  4th  II  mo.,  1689-90;   I  C.  R.,  280. 

4  He  was  deposed  as  Clark  and  Sheriff,  Feb.  12,  1697-8;   I  C.  R.,  498. 

5  Chirurgeon  (i  C.  R.,  478],  mentioned  as  a  former  Sheriff;  2  C.  R.,  15. 

'He  is  mentioned  as  Sheriff,  June  20,  1700,  in  the  State  Paper  Office,  Lon- 
don. As  former  Sheriff,  July  14,  1701  ;  2  C.  R.,  20.  He  resigned  his  office 
"totransport  himself  to  England;"  loth,  6th  mo.,  1703;  2  C.  A'.,  98. 

7  John  Budd  was  elected  in  October,  1704,  but  the  Lieut.  Governor  refused 
to  commission  him,  and  continued  Finney;  2  Logan  Papers,  185. 

8Ousted  for  an  official  failure,  Feb.  6,  1706;  2  C.  J?.,  241,  369. 

9 In  office  until  October,  1706;  2  Logan  Papers,  185. 

10 Called  "present  Sheriff."  John  Budd  and  Henry  Flower,  were  elected 
Sheriffs,  Oct.  I,  1706;  but  the  Lieut.  Governor  refused  to  notice  their  election. 
and  Captain  John  Finney  is  called  "present  Sheriff,"  (2  C.  R.,  308).  Finney 
resigned,  Feb.  i,  1706-7. 

II  Mentioned  as  Sheriff  of  the  previous  year,  and  re-elected.     No  Sheriff  men 
tioned  by  name  in  1722,  1723,  1724  and  1725, 

12  Died  Aug.  5,  1741.  13  Died  Jan.  7,  1767. 

14  In  Colonial  Records,  Richard  Sewell.  See  5  C.  R.,  120.  In  Minutes  oj 
Common  Council,  546,  it  is  Shewell.  His  signature  is  Sewell;  but  these  art- 
but  two  spellings  of  the  same  family  name. 


mentioned 

Mar.  10,  1682-3 

commissioned 

Oct.    24,   1683 

it 

Oct.    23,   1684 

it 

Nov.  19,   1686 

n 

18,9  mo.,  1687 

in  office 

April  26,  1693 

sworn  in 

April  29,  1693 

mentioned 

21,  3  mo.,  1701 

appointed 

Oct.    25,    1701 

<  < 

10,  6  mo.,  1703 

commissioned 

Oct.    4,     1705 

appointed 

Feb.  6,  1705-6 

in  office 

Jan.  27,  1706-7 

mentioned 

April  18,  1707 

n 

May   19,    1712 

« 

Oct.     3,     1717 

commissioned 

Oct.     4,     1726 

« 

Oct.     4,     1729 

it 

Oct.     3,     1732 

« 

Oct.    3,     1735 

« 

Oct.     4,     1738 

« 

Oct.    3,     1741 

a 

Oct.     4,     1744 

« 

Oct.     3,     1747 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


101 


Isaac  Griffiths,1 
Samuel  Morris, 
James  Coultas, 
Samuel  Morris,2 
Joseph  Redman,2 
William  Parr, 
Joseph  Redman, 
Judah  Foulke, 
William  Dewees, 
William  Masters,3 
James  Claypoole/ 
William  Will, 
Thomas  Proctor, 
Joseph  Cowperthwaite, 
James  Ash,5 
William  Will, 
John  Baker, 
Jonathan  Penrose, 
Israel  Israel, 
Gen'l  John  Barker,6 
William  T.  Donaldson, 
Col.  Francis  Johnston, 
Jacob  Filler, 
Thomas  Truxtun,7 
Caleb  North, 
Jacob  G.  Tryon,8 
John  Douglass,9 
Jacob  Strembeck, 
George  Rees, 
Benjamin  Duncan, 
John  G.  Watmough, 
Daniel  Fitler, 
Henry  Morris,10 
William  A.  Porter,11 


commissioned 


elected 

appointed 

elected 


appointed 
elected 


appointed 


Oct. 

3' 

^S0 

March  6, 

1752 

Oct. 

4, 

*755 

Oct. 

25, 

1758 

Oct. 

4, 

1762 

Oct. 

4, 

1764 

Oct. 

5> 

1767 

Oct. 

4, 

1770 

Oct. 

4, 

1773 

Oct. 

5 

1776 

June 

13, 

1777 

Oct. 

14, 

1780 

Oct. 

20, 

1783 

Oct. 

14, 

1785 

Oct. 

30, 

1788 

1791 

to 

1794 

1794 

to 

1797 

1797 

to 

1800 

1800 

to 

1803 

1803 

to 

1807 

1807 

to 

1810 

1810 

to 

1813 

1813 

to 

1816 

1816 

to 

1819 

1819 

to 

1822 

Oct. 

Z9> 

1822 

1823 

to 

1826 

1826 

to 

1829 

1829 

to 

1832 

1832 

to 

1835 

1835 

to 

1838 

1838 

to 

1841 

1841 

J 

Dec. 

—  , 

1842 

1  See  5  C.  R.,  561 ;  March  6,  1752.     Dismissed  from  office. 

2  See  3  Pa.  Archives,  (ist  series,)  635.     Sheriff  for  1761  not  named,  no  doubt 
Redman,  as  it  appears  to  have  been  the  rule  to  elect  the  same  person  for  three 
years  successively. 

3  He  declined  to  act  or  to  qualify,  and  the  office  appears  to  have  been  vacant 
until  June  13,  1777;   n  C.  R.,  217,222. 

4  See  in  8  Archives,  321,  his  letter  of  June  14,  1780,  in  reference  to  his  ser- 
vices.        5  See  15  C.  R.,  567,  579. 

6  At  the  election  in   1806,  there  was  "no  choice,"  and  Barker  remained  in 
office  until  1807. 

7  Commodore   Thomas    Truxtun  was  a  distinguished  officer  of  the  United 
States  Navy,  from  which  he  had  resigned.     He  died  in  Philadelphia,  in  1822, 
aged  77  years.  8  Died  in  1823. 

9  Afterwards  regularly  elected  and  commissioned. 

10  Died  suddenly,  Dec.  i,  1842.         "Appointed  by  Governor. 

14  i 


102 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Morton  McMichael,  elected 

Henry  Lelar, 

William  Deal, 

Samuel  Allen, 

George  Megee,1 

William  H.  Kern, 

Robert  Ewing.2 

John  Thompson,  in  office 

Henry  C.  Howell,  elected 

Col.  Peter  Lyle, 

William  R.  Leeds, 

William  Elliott, 

William  H.  Wright,3 

Enoch  Taylor, 

George  deBenneville  Keim, 

Treasurers, 

OF   THE   CITY   OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

Edward  Shippen,  appointed 

Owen  Roberts,  (called  Receiver) 


William  Fishbourne,4  appointed 

Samuel  Hasell,  in  office 

Benjamin  Shoemaker,  appointed 

Samuel  Shoemaker,5  " 

John  Shee.6  in  office 

George  A.  Baker,  " 

James  E.  Smith,  " 

John  Bacon,  " 

Cornelius  Stevenson,  elected 

John  Lindsay,  " 

Dr.  F.  Knox  Morton,  in  office 
William  V.  McGrath, 

Benjamin  H.  Brown,  " 

Dr.  James  McClintock.7  " 

Henry  Bumm,  " 
Joseph  North  Piersol, 

Joseph  Favinger  Marcer,  " 
Peter  Arrell  Browne  Widener,   ' ' 

Delos  P.  South  worth,  " 

Joseph  J.  Martin,  elected 

William  B.  Irvine,  " 

1  Died  Jan.  18,  1882,  aged  70. 

2  His  election  was  contested  successfully,  by  Alderman  John  Thompson. 

3  See  Constitution  of  1873,  Article  XIV,  Section  I. 

4  Fishbourne  was  Treasurer  July  24,   1728.     When    Hasell  was  appointed 
does  not  appear;  he  held  office  at  his  death,  in  1751.    See  Minules  of  Council. 

5  Appointed  in  the  place  of  Benjamin  Shoemaker,  and  still  in  office  Oct.  3, 
1775.         6See  Accounts  of  Penna.,  p.  47.          T  Died  Oct.  18,  1882,  aged  73. 


1843 

to 

1846 

1846 

to 

1849 

1849 

to 

1852 

1852 

to 

i855 

1855 

to 

1858 

1858 

to 

1861 

1861 

to 

1862 

1862 

to 

1864 

1864 

to 

1867 

1867 

to 

1870 

1870 

to 

1873 

1873 

to 

1876 

1876 

to 

1880 

1880 

to 

1883 

Nov. 

7, 

1882 

IA. 

June 

i, 

1705 

July 

22, 

1712 

Aug. 

10, 

1716 

Oct. 

II, 

1736 

July 

15, 

1751 

July 

6, 

1767 

1790 

to 

1797 

1802 

to 

1813 

1813 

to 

1815 

1816 

to 

1830 

Feb. 

22, 

1830 

Dec. 

*9» 

1850 

1855 

to 

1857 

1857 

to 

1859 

1859 

to 

1861 

1861 

to 

1863 

1863 

to 

1867 

1867 

to 

1869 

1869 

to 

1871 

1871 

to 

1877 

1877 

to 

1879 

Nov. 

4, 

1879 

Nov. 

7, 

1882 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


103 


Coroners, 

OP   PHILADELPHIA. 

before 
appointed 
commissioned 
mentioned 
elected 
in  office 
mentioned 
elected 


Griffith  Owen, 
Henry  Lewis, 
Thomas  Fitzwater, 
Pentecost  Teague, 
William  Lee, 
Richard  Walker, 
Enoch  Story, 
Richard  Walker, 

Merrick  Davis,  " 

Joshua  Fincher,  " 

James  Mackey,  " 

Merrick  Davis,  " 

Owen  Owen,  " 

Henry  Pratt,  " 

George  Heap,  " 

Thomas  James,  " 

Thomas  Boude,  " 

Peter  Robeson,  " 

Caleb  Cash,  " 
John  Knight, 

Robert  Jewell,  " 

Joseph  Rush,  " 

John  Leacock,  " 

John  Dennis,  " 

John  Dickerson,1  " 

James  Gregory,2  " 

Samuel  Heintzelman,3  " 

Francis  Brelsford,4  " 

Dr.  Napoleon  B.  Leidy,5  " 

Oliver  Brooks,6  " 
Jacob  S.  Haas,                       in  office 
Dr.  Thomas  O.  Goldsmith,7     " 

Joseph  Delavan,  " 

John  R.  Fenner,  " 

Anthony  Conrad,  " 

William  Taylor,  " 

Samuel  Daniels,  " 

William  Taylor,  " 


26,  7  mo.,  1685 
26,  7  mo.,  1685 
25,  7  mo.,  1688 
17,  7  br.,  1703 
16,  8  br.,  1703 
May  19,  1712 

,   1716 

1717  to  1721 
1721  to  - 
1726  to  1728 
Sept.  i,  1728 

1728  to  1729 

1729  to  1741 
1741  to  1749 
1749  to  1751 
I751  to  J754 
1754  to  1757 
1759  to  1763 
1763  "to  1773 
1773  to  1775 
1775  to  1780 
1780  to  1785 
1785  to  1802 
1802  to  1832 
1832  to  1836 
1836  to  1839 
1839  to  1843 
1843  to  l845 
1845  to  l848 
Oct.  10,  1848 
1848  to  1851 
1851  to  1854 
1854  to  1857 
1857  to  1860 
1860  to  1863 
1863  to  1866 
1866  to  1869 
1869  to  1870 


1  Died  in  office,  May  I,  1836. 

-  Appointed  in  1836;  elected  in  1839;  died  in  office. 
3  Appointed  Oct.  21,  1839;  elected,  1840.         4Died  in  office. 
5  Dr.  Leidy  was  appointed  Oct.  20.  1845,  on  the  death  of  Brelsford,  having 
been  previously  elected  on  October  I4th. 

6Died,  Nov.  5,  1848.       'Elected  Dec.  20,  1851;  Died,  Feb.  17,  1880. 


104  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

John  Gilbert  L.  Brown,1  in  office  1871  to  1875 

Dr.  Kingston  Goddard,             "  1875  to  l8?8 

Dr.  William  Kent  Gilbert,2  1878  to  1880 

Thomas  J.  Powers,  appointed  July  17,  1880 

Dr.  William  S.  Janney,  elected  Nov.  2,  1880 

Masters  of  Rolls 

AND  THE  RECORDER  OF  DEEDS. 

The  office  of  Master  of  Rolls  was  created  by  the  20th  Section  of 
the  laws  agreed  on  in  England,  on  the  5th  day  of  the  3d  month, 
(May  7),  1682,  viz:  "And  to  prevent  frauds  and  vexatious  suits 
within  said  Province,  that  all  Charters,  gifts,  grants  and  convey- 
ances of  land  (except  leases  for  a  year  or  under),  and  all  Bills, 
bonds  and  specialties  above  ^5,  and  not  under  three  months, 
made  in  said  Province,  shall  be  enrolled  or  registered  in  the  Pub- 
lic Enrollment  office  of  the  said  Province  within  the  space  of  two 
months  next  after  the  making  thereof,  else  to  be  void  in  law. 
And  all  Deeds,  Grants  and  Conveyances  of  land  (except  as  afore- 
said), within  the  said  Province  and  made  out  of  the  said  Province, 
shall  be  enrolled  or  registered  as  aforesaid,  within  six  months 
after  making  thereof  and  settling  and  constituting  an  Enrollment 
Office  or  Registry  within  said  Province,  else  to  be  void  in  law 
against  all  persons  whatsoever."  See  Frame  of  Laws,  i  C.  R., 
pp.  xxvii.,  xxviii.,  Sections  17  and  18. 

The  Master  of  Rolls  was  the  keeper  of  the  "  Publique  Records 
for  the  County  of  Philadelphia  and  for  the  Entring  of  all  Judg- 
ments of  County,  publique  Proceedings  of  Justice,  Legal  Cases 
and  all  other  Instruments  woh  are  by  Law  to  be  inrolled  and 
Recorded  :"  i  C.  R.,  214.  The  office  of  Recorder  of  Deeds 
of  Philadelphia  was  created  by  Act  of  May  28,  1715,  and  was 
separated  from  that  of  the  Master  of  Rolls  by  Act  of  Assembly 
of  March  14,  1777.  Read's  Digest,  341  ;  Dallas'  Laws,  i 
Vol.,  731.  The  second  section  names  the  Recorders  of  Deeds 
for  each  county.  The  Council  appointed  the  Master  of  Rolls  ; 
the  Assembly  the  Recorder  of  Deeds.  The  Act  of  March  29, 
1809,  abolished  the  office  of  Master  of  Rolls.  A  portion  of  the 
Roll  Books  are  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth, the  rest  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs  of 
this  State.  In  McCaraher  v.  The  Commonwealth,  5  W.  6°  S., 
p.  26,  it  is  said  by  Judge  Sergeant,  in  delivering  the  opinion  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  that  the  office  of  Recorder  of  Deeds, 
"  although  unknown  to  the  common  law,  has  been  coeval  with 
our  Province  and  State  ;  being  part  of  the  laws  agreed  upon  in 

Appointed  in  place  of  Taylor,  who  died  in  office,  in  1870,  and  Brown  was 
afterwards  elected  in  1871,  and  died  May  12,  1878,  aged  53. 
2  Died  June  28,  1880,  aged  50. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  105 

England  between  William  Penn  arid  the  first  purchasers  in  1682, 
and  reduced  after  various  efforts  to  a  regular  system  by  the  Act 
of  1715,  which  continues  to  be  the  foundation  of  our  code  on  the 
subject,  and  this  office  may  be  said  to  form  the  pivot  on  which 
all  our  titles  to  real  estate  turn.  The  design  of  it  has  been  to 
furnish  a  permanent  record  of  all  titles  and  muniments  of  real 
estate,  and  many  of  personal,  to  which  parties  may  have  recourse 
for  exemplifications  that  have  the  same  force  and  efficacy  as 
the  originals.  But  there  is  another  equally,  if  not  more  impor- 
tant design,  which  is  to  enable  all  persons  to  obtain  knowledge 
of  the  state  of  titles  to  real  estate  by  deeds  and  conveyances,  and 
also  of  charges  and  encumbrances  existing  on  them  by  way  of 
mortgage." 

THE  MASTERS  OF  ROLLS. 

Thomas  Lloyd,  by  letters  patent  27,  iobr.,  1683 

Patrick  Robinson,  Deputy,  — ,   1685 

William  Markham,  in  office  ,   1688 

Thomas  Lloyd,1  "  5,  7  mo.,  1690 

David  Lloyd,  Deputy,  i,  i  mo.,  1689 

Patrick  Robinson,  commissioned  June   15,    1694 

David  Lloyd,2  in  office  12^.7,1697-8 

Thomas  Story,  commissioned  4  mo.  25,  1700 

Griffith  Owen,  Deputy,  May   u,    1702 

Maurice  Lisle,  Deputy.,  Feb  y  i,    1705 

Charles  Brockden,3  "  May  28,    1715 

William  Parr,  "  Sept.   28,1767 

John  Morris,  Jr.,  "  Mar.   22,   1777 

Matthew  Irwin,  "  Mar.   14,   1785 

John  M.  Jrwin,  Deputy,  Mar.   27,  1800 

Timothy  Matlack,4  April  14,  1800 

The  list  of  Masters  of  Rolls,  printed  in  IX.  Pa.  Archives,  628. 
(2nd  series),  is  very  imperfect  and  incorrect,  for  it  is  a  matter  of 
history,  that  Charles  Brockden  was  made  Recorder  of  Deeds  of 
the  County  of  Philadelphia,  by  the  Act  of  May  28,  1715,  and  at 
the  same  time  appointed  Master  of  Rolls,  and  that  he  held  those 
offices  for  over  52  years,  and  until  his  retirement,  in  1767,  so  that 
Andrew  Hamilton,  Thomas  Hopkinson,  William  Allen,  Tench 
Francis,  and  Benjamin  Chew,  never  were  the  Masters  of  Rolls, 
nor  did  Andrew  Allen  ever  hold  such  a  position.  On  page  629 

1  Resumed  the  office,  5th  7th  mo.,  which  he  claimed  was  his  for  life. 
2 1  Archives,  125.     Perhaps  a  Deputy  only. 

3  A  Clerk  and  Deputy  (in  1712),  under  Mr.  Story,  and  on  his  retirement  was 
appointed  and  commissioned  Master  of  the  Rolls,  and  was  in  office  over  52 
years.     Resigned,  1767,  and  died  Oct.  20,  1769,  aged  95  years  and  6  months. 

4  Timothy  Matlack,  died  April  15,  1829,  aged  99  years. 


106 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


of  the  same  work,  Arthur  Cook  is  given  as  the  first  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Province,  from  1681  to  1684.  As  the  Supreme  Provincial 
Court  was  created,  by  order  of  Council  of  ye  ist  of  ye  2d  mo., 
1864,  and  as  the  Charter  to  William  Penn  was  not  signed  until 
March  4,  1681,  the  statement  is  unaccountable,  and  a  serious 
error  in  an  official  publication.  The  first  Chief  Justice  was  Dr. 
Nicholas  More,  (not  Moore),  and  C.  J.  Robeson's  name  was  not 
Robson,  as  given.  The  Register-General  of  Wills  in  1712  is 
called  Hayne,  it  should  be  Mayne,  the  name  of  a  distinguished 
Irish  family.  There  are  many  other  errors  in  the  lists  given,  but 
they  are  not  as  important  as  those  here  corrected. 


THE  RECORDERS  OF  DEEDS. 

Charles  Brockden,  by  Act  of  May  28,  1715 

William  Parr,  commissioned  Sept.  28,  1767 

John  Morris,  Jr.,1  by  Act  of  Mar.  14,  1777 

Matthew  Irwin,  commissioned  Mar.  10,  1785 

Edward  Fox,  in  office  1799  to  1809 

James  Carson,  1809  to  1815 

Matthew  Randall,  1815  to  1818 

Isaac  Worrell,  1818  to  1821 

John  Harrison,  1821  to  1824 

George  W.  Riter,  1824  to  1830 

Alexander  McCaraher,  1830  to  1836 

Samuel  Hudson  Fisher,'2  1836  to  1838 

John  Swift,  for  unexpired  term  1838  to  1839 

George  Smith,3  in  office  1839  to  1842 

Richard  L.  Lloyd,  1842  to  1845 

Andrew  Miller,  1845  to  1848 

George  W.  Colladay,  1848  to  1851 

Thomas  Helm,4  1851  to  1854 

Robert  D.  Wilkinson,  1854  to  1857 

Albert  D.  Boileau,  1857  to  1860 

Alfred  C.  Harmer,  1860  to  1863 

Lewis  R.  Broomall,  1863  to  1866 

Gen.  Joshua  Thomas  Owen,  1866  to  1869 

John  A.  Houseman,  1869  to  1872 

F.  Theodore  Walton,  1872  to  1876 

David  H.  Lane,  1876  to  1879 

Gen.  Louis  Wagner,  1879  to  l882 

John  O'Donnel,  1882  to  - 
Joseph  Kennard  Fletcher,  Deputy. 


1  Died  March  9,  1785. 
'Elected  Nov.  n,  1839. 


*Died,  Dec.,  1838. 

4  Died,  Aug.  6,  1880,  aged  72. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


107 


Collectors  of  Excis 

PHILADELPHIA. 

Owen  Roberts,                     appointed 
Charles  Read,                        in  office 
John  Hyatt,                           appointed 
Joseph  Wharton,                         " 
Rees  Meredith,                     in  office 
Judah  Foulke, 
Joseph  Redman,                         " 
Joseph  Stretch,1                   appointed 
Richard  Pearne,               died  in  office 
William  Crispin,                         " 
Edward  Bartholomew,2              " 

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July    12,    1712 
1725    to    1734 

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Nov.   21,  1782 

Treasurers, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA   COUNTY. 


Benjamin  Chambers, 
Evan  Owen, 
Thomas  Leech, 
Philip  Syng, 
Barnaby  Barnes, 
Cornelius  Barnes, 
Isaac  Snowden, 
John  Baker, 
Robert  McMullen, 
Michael  Baker, 
Peter  Hertzog, 
Daniel  B.  Lippard, 
James  S.  Huber, 
William  Moulder, 
Philip  Peltz, 
William  Stephens, 
George  W.  South, 
George  Read, 
Joseph  Plankinton, 
James  Page, 
Pen  rose  Ash, 
John  H.  Dohnert, 
John  F.  Deal, 
Solomon  Wagner, 
Robert  G.  Simpson, 
John  M.  Coleman, 


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1684 

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1756 

to 

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1758 

to 

1769 

"                1769 

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1  Died  about  April   i,  1771. 

2  Appointed  in  place  of  Crispin;  held  office  until  1792. 


108  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Board  for  the   Revision  of  Taxes. 

Established  by  the  Act  of  March  14,  1865  ;  term  three  years. 
The  Board  to  consist  of  two  persons  and  the  Senior  City  Com- 
missioner ;  the  Senior  in  1865  was  John  Given  ;  the  second  year, 
1866,  Philip  Hamilton,  and  the  third,  Thomas  Dixey,  whose 
term  expired  by  Act  of  February  2,  1867,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Samuel  Haworth.  By  Act  of  Feb.  2,  1867,  an  additional  person, 
instead  of  the  Senior  City  Commissioner,  all  three  to  be  appointed 
by  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 

MEMBERS  OF  THE  BOARD. 

John  Given,  by  the  Act  Mar.    14,  1865 

William  Loughlin,  appointed  May    6,  1865 

Andrew  Doz  Cash,  "  May    6,  1865 

Thomas  Cochran,  vice  Cash  Oct.  30,  1865 

Philip  Hamilton,  Corns 'r,                     — ,  1866 

Thomas  Dixey,  " ,  1866-7 

Samuel  Haworth,  under  Act  of  Feb.    2,  1867 

James  Howard  Castle,1  appointed  Jan'y  !>  l&77 

George  Walter  Fairman,1  "  Mar.   30,  1878 

CHIEF  CLERK. 
James  Wesley  Sayre,  appointed        Nov.    i,    1866 

Marshals  of  Police. 

To  be  elected  for  three  years,  under  the  Act  of  May  3,  1850. 
Act  repealed  May  13,  1856. 

John  S.  Keyser,  elected  Oct.    8,     1850 

Col.  John  K.  Murphy,2  "  Oct.    n,   1853 

Chiefs  of  Police. 

This  office  was  created  by  Act  of  May  13,  1856,  to  take  effect 
at  the  end  of  the  term  of  the  Marshal  of  Police.  The  Chiefs  to 
be  appointed  by  the  Mayor,  to  hold  office  during  his  pleasure. 

Samuel  G.  Ruggles,            appointed  May  — ,  1857 

Gen.  St.  Clair  A.  Mulholland,  "  ,  1868 

Kennard  H.  Jones,8  "  — ,  1871 

Col.  Samuel  Irvin  Givin,           "  July  — ,  1879 

1  Castle  was  appointed  in  place  of  Cochran,  who  resigned.     He  died  March 
18,  1878,  aged  60  years,  and  Fairman  was  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

2  He  died  Feb.  10,  1876,  aged  79. 

3  Died,  July  6,  1879. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  109 

Fire   Marshals. 

Under  Ordinance  of  April  20,  1864. 

Dr.  Alex.  W.  Blackburn,1  appointed               — ,   1864 

James  S.  Thompson,  " ,   1871 

Col.  Harrison  G.  Clark,  "            Jan.    — ,    1872 

William  R.  Heins,2  "             Sept.   27,  1882 

Charles  W.  Wood,  "             Oct.    19,   1882 

Chief  Engineers   of  the  Fire  Department, 

OF   THE   CITY    OF   PHILADELPHIA.       • 

Appointed  under  Ordinance  o/  January  30,  1855,  an^  ty  *he  Board 

of  Fire  Commissioners,  organized  by  -Ordinance  of  1870, 

to  go  into  operation  January  3,  1871. 

Benjamin  A.  Shoemaker,     appointed        — ,  1855 

Samuel  Patrick  Fearon,                               — ,  1856 

David  M.  Lyle,J                                           Sept.  10,  1860 

Terence  McCusker,'                                     — ,  1867 

George  W.  Downey,  "                Sept.  14,  1868 

William  H.  Johnson,  "                July  3,  1871 

John  R.  Cantlin,  "                Feb.  n,  1879 

City  Controllers. 

In  Philadelphia,  the  duty  of  County  Auditors  was  transferred 
by  the  Act  of  Feb.  2,  1854,  Section  12,  to  a  City  Controller,  to 
be  elected  every  second  year;  P.  Z.,  p.  30.  By  the  Constitution 

of  1873,  tne  term  of  Controller  was  increased  to  three  years. 

t 

John  H.  Henderson,  elected  June  6,  1854 

Stephen  Taylor,  "  May  6,  1856 

George  W.  Hufty,  "  May  4,  1858 

"Joseph  R.  Lyndall,5  Oct.  14,  1862 

George  Getz,  "  Oct.  13,  1868 

Samuel  P.  Hancock,6  in  office  Feb.  14,  1870 

Robert  Emory  Pattison,7       elected  Nov.  7,  1877 

Receivers  of  Taxes. 

To  be  elected  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  May,  1856,  to  serve  for 
two  years.  County  Treasurer  appointed  Receiver  until  the  elec- 
tion ;  Act  of  Feb.'  2,  1854. 

John  A.  Coleman,  by  Act  of        Feb'y  2,   1854 

Peter  Armbruster,  elected  May    6,     1856 

1  Died  Nov.  30,  1871,  aged  56  years.  2  Died  Oct.    18,  1882,  aged  55. 

'Died,  Nov.  — ,  1867.  4  Died,  March  i,  1877,  aged  40. 

5  Lyndall  was  elected  Oct.  14,  1862,  and  re-elected  in  1864  and  1866. 
6 Died,  April  5,  1879,  ag£d  65.     'Re-elected,  Nov.  2,  1880. 
15 


110  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Armstrong  I.  Flomerfelt,       elected  May  4,  1858 

William  P.  Hamm,  May  i,  1860 

James  C.  Kelsh,  Oct.  14,  1862 

Charles  O' Neil,  Oct.  12,  1864 

Richard  Peltz,  "  Oct.  9,  1866 

John  M.  Melloy,  "  Oct.  13,  1868 

Richard  Peltz,1  in  office  Feb.  14,  1870 

Robert  H.  Beatty,  elected  Oct.  n,  1870 

Thomas  J.  Smith,  "  Oct.  13,  1874 

Albert  C.  Roberts,  "  Oct.  10,  1876 

John  Hunter,  "  Feb.  15,  18.81 

Collectors  of  Delinquent  Taxes, 

FOR   PHILADELPHIA. 

Office  established  by  Act  of  March  24,  1870,  for  three  years. 
John  L.  Hill,  appointed         1870    to    1873 

Henry  Bumni,  "  1873    to    l876 

William  J.  Donohugh,  "  1876    to    1882 

Henry  B.  Tener,'  "  July    20,    1881 

List  of  the  Common  Councilmen, 

OF   THE   CITY   OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

From  1701  to  1777. 

See  City  Charter  and  Minutes  of  Common  Council,  1704/0  1776. 
The  body  corporate  to  consist  of  the  Mayor,  Recorder,  8  Al- 
dermen, and  12  Councilmen  ;  the  latter  afterwards  increased. 
1701 — By  City  Charter — John  Parsons,  William  Hudson,  William 
Lee,  Nehemiah  Allen,  Thomas  Paschall,  John  Budd,  Jr., 
Edward    Smout,     Samuel    Buckley,    James    Atkinson, 
Pentecost  Teague,  Francis  Cook  and  Henry  Badcocke. 
1704 — Robert  Yeildhall,  Joseph  Yard,  Thomas  Griffith  and  John 

Redman,  Sr. 
1705 — Joshua  Carpenter,  Abraham  Bickley,    Thomas  Bradford 

and  John  Webb. 

1707 — Samuel  Hall  and  John  McComb. 

1708 — Henry  Flower,  Peter  Stretch,  David  Griffine  (or  Giffing), 
and  George  Claypoole. 

1  A   decree  of  the   Court  of  Common    Pleas,   of  Oct.   16,   1869,  declared 
Samuel  P.  Hancock  elected  City  Controller  ;  Thomas  J.Worrell,  City  Solicitor ; 
Richard  Peltz,  Receiver  of  Taxes;  Alexander  McCuen,  City  Commissioner; 
Charles  Gibbons,  District  Attorney,  and   Richard  Donegan,  Prothonotary  of 
the  Common  Pleas.     And  on  certiorari  to  the  Supreme  Court,  the  decision  of 
the  lower  court  was  affirmed  on  Feb.  14,  1870. 

2  The  Act  of  Feb.  14,  1881,  consolidated  the  offices  of  Receiver  of  Taxes  and 
Collector  of  Delinquent  Taxes.     Mr.  Hunter  appointed  Teneron  July  20,  1881, 
and  the  appointment  was  approved  by  the  Mayor  and  Councils  on  January  3, 
1882,  but  Donohugh  said  his  appointment  dated  from  April  7,  1879,  for  three 
years,  and  he  refused  to  vacate  until  April  7,  1882. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  Ill 

1711 — Owen  Roberts. 

1712  — Clement  Plumsted,  Gilbert  Falconer,  John  Jones  (Bolter), 

and  Nathaniel  Edgcomb. 
1713 — Joseph    Redman,    John   Warder,    John  Vanleer,   George 

Claypoole,  William  Fishbourne,  Thomas  Wharton  and 

Benjamin  Vining. 

1715 — Anthony  Morris,  Jr.,  Daniel  Radley  and  Thomas  Redman. 
1716 — James  Purrock,   Samuel   Carpenter,   Richard  Moore  and 

Charles  Read. 
1717 — Samuel  Powel,   Edwards  Roberts,  George  Fitzwater  and 

Evan  Owen. 
1718 — Israel    Pemberton,    John    Carpenter,    John    Cadwalader, 

Joseph  Buckley,  Thomas  Griffitts  and  Thomas  Tresse. 
1723 — Robert  Ellis,  George  Calvert  and  Edward  Owen. 
1724 — Ralph  Assheton. 
1727 — William  Allen,  Thomas  Masters,  Alexander  Woodroppe, 

Andrew  Bradford,  Isaac  Norris,  Jr.  and  Henry  Hodge. 
1728 — Samuel  Hasell  and  Thomas  Chase. 
1729 — Peter  Lloyd,  Samuel  Powel,  William  Atwood  and  Joseph 

Turner. 
1 730 — James  Steel,  George  Emlen,  Abram  Taylor,  George  Mifflin, 

Samuel  Powel,  Jr.  and  John  White. 
1732  — Samuel  Mickle,   Edward  Shippen,   George  House,  John 

Dillwyn,  Benjamin  Shoemaker,  Joseph  England,  James 

Bingham  and  Joseph  Paschal.    Samuel  Powel  and  Samuel 

Powel,  Jr.,  re-elected. 
1739 — William  Till,  Joshua  Maddox,  William  Coleman,  James 

Hamilton,  William  Plumsted  and  Nathaniel  Allen. 
1741— Robert    Strettell,    William    Parsons,    Andrew    Hamilton, 

Samuel  Rhoads  and  Thomas  Hopkinson. 
1742 — Joseph  Morris,  Joseph  Shippen,  Joshua  Emlen,  Richard 

Nixon,  Samuel  Austin  and  Isaac  Jones. 
1743 — William    Logan,   Charles  Willing,    Attwood    Shute   and 

Septimus  Robinson. 
1745 — Alexander    Graydon,     John     Inglis,     Richard     Stanley, 

William  Shippen,  Thomas  Bond  and  William  Biddle. 
1747 — John  Mifflin,  John  Stamper,  John  Sober,  Tench  Francis, 

John  Wilcocks,  Samuel  McCall,  Jr.,  Phineas  Bond  and 

John  Sims. 

1748 — Benjamin  Franklin  and  Thomas  Lawrence,  Jr. 
1751  —  Council  increased  by  nine — Thomas  Cadwalader,  William 

Coxe,  Lloyd  Zachary,  Charles  Norris,  John  Redman, 

William  Humphreys,  Samuel  Smith,  Amos  Strettell  and 

William  Bingham. 
1755 — Edward  Shippen,  Jr.,  Samuel  Mifflin,  Alexander  Huston, 

John     Wallace,    Alexander    Stedman.    Andrew    Elliot, 

Samuel  Morris,  Jacob  Duche,  Samuel  Shoemaker  and 

Thomas  Willing. 


112 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


1757 — Council  increased  eight   more — Henry    Harrison,    Daniel 

Benezet,  Charles  Stedman,  William  Rush,  John  Swift, 

Townsend  White,   William  Vanderspiegel  and  Joseph 

Wood. 
1762— John  Allen,  John  Lawrence,  Evan  Morgan,  John   Gibson 

and  Redmond  Conyngham. 
1764 — James  Tilghman  and  Archibald  McCall. 
1767 — Andrew   Allen,    Joshua   Howell,    James   Allen,    William 

Fisher,  William  Parr,  Joseph  Swift,  John  Wilcocks  and 

George  Clymer. 
1770 — Joseph  Shippen,   Jr.,   John   Cadwalader,  Samuel   Powel, 

Alexander    Wilcocks,     Stephen     Carmick    and     Peter 

Chevalier. 
1774 — John    Potts,    Samuel    Meredith,    James   Biddle,    Samuel 

Howell,  Isaac  Cox  and  Thomas  Barclay. 


Town  Clerks, 

WHO    WERE   ALSO   CLERKS   OF   THE   CITY    COURT. 

Robert  Assheton,        by  City  Charter  Oct.    25,  1701 

Ralph  Assheton,1  appointed  Aug.    10,  1716 

Andrew  Hamilton,  "  Feb.    24,  1745 

William  Coleman,  "  Sept.   18,  1747 

Edward  Shippen,  Jr.,2  "  May    27,  1758 

Presidents   of  the   Select  Council, 

OF   THE   CITY   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 
Under  Act  of  April  4,  1796,  drv. 

Francis  Gurney,  elected 

Henry  Pratt, 

Robert  Patterson, 

Benjamin  Say, 

Robert  Ralston, 

James  Milnor, 

George  Bartram, 

Samuel  W.  Fisher, 

Liberty  Browne, 

Robert  Ritchie, 

Robert  Wain, 

George  Vaux, 

Thomas  Kittera, 

John  Morin  Scott, 

Joseph  Reed  Ingersoll, 

1  "To  take  effect  Nov.  3Oth,  when  he  comes  of  age."     In  office  till  1745. 
1  He  held  the  office  until  the  Revolution. 


Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 

1796 
1799 

1802 

Oct. 
Oct. 

1805 
1806 

Oct. 

1808 

Oct. 
Oct. 

1809 
1811 

Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 

1813 
1814 
1816 

Oct. 
Oct. 
Dec. 

1819 
1824 
1826 

Dec. 

1832 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


113 


William  Morris  Meredith,  elected  Dec.,  1834 

William  Morris,  '  Dec.,  1849 

John  Price  Wetherill,  '  Dec.,  1852 

Jacob  E.  Hagert,  '  Dec.,  1853 

John  P.  Verree,  '  June,  1854 

George  Mifflin  Wharton,  '  May,   1856 

Oliver  Perry  Cornman,  May,   1859 

Theodore  Cuyler,  May,   1860 

James  Lynd,  '  Jan.,    1863 

Joshua  Spering,  '  Jan.,    1867 

William  Strumburg  Stokley,  '  Jan.,    1868 

Samuel  W.  Cattell,  '  Jan.,    1870 

William  Edmund  Littleton,  '  Jan.,    1872 

Robert  W.  Downing,  '  Jan.,    1874 

Dr.  William  W.  Burnell,  '  July,    1875 

George  A.  Smith,  Jan.,    1876 

George  W.  Bumm, .  '  Nov.,  1881 

William  B.  Smith,  April,  1882 


Presidents  of  the  Common   Council, 


OF    PHILADELPHIA. 


From  1701  to  1796,  the  Mayors  of  the  City  -were  the  Presidents 
of  the  Common  Council. 


1796— Samuel  Hodgdon,  1836- 

1797 — Kearney  Wharton,  1840 

1800 — Robert  Ralston,  1842 

1801 — Thomas  Leiper,  1847- 

1805 — Timothy  Paxson,  J853- 

1808 — Thomas  Leiper,  ^54- 

1810 — Horace  Binney,  J855- 

1812 — Thomas  Leiper,  1856- 

1814 — John  Hallowell,  1857- 

1815 — James  S.  Smith,  1858 

1819 — Joseph  Worrell,  1862- 

1820 — James  S.  Smith,  1864- 

1823 — Joseph  R.  Ingersoll,  1865- 

1824 — Aquila  A.  Browne,  1867- 

1825 — Joshua  Percival,  1869- 

1828 — James  M.  Linnard,  1871- 

1829 — Joshua  Percival,  1872- 

1830 — Col.  James  Page,  !873- 

1832— Henry  Troth,  1876— 


1881— William  Henry  Lex.1 


William  Rawle, 
Thomas  S.  Smith, 
Samuel  Norris, 
Thomas  Snowden, 
John  Yarrow, 
John  H.  Diehl, 
William  P.  Hacker, 
William  C.  Patterson, 
John  Miller, 
Charles  B.  Trego, 
Wilson  Kerr, 
Alexander  J.  Harper, 
William  S.  Stokley, 
Joseph  F.  Marcer, 
Louis  Wagner, 
Henry  Huhn, 
Louis  Wagner, 
A.  Wilson  Henszey, 
Joseph  L.  Caven, 


1  All  the  other  officers  of  both  branches  of  the  City  Councils  were  re-elected 
on  April  4,  1 881,  by  acclamation. 


114  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Clerks  of  the  Common  Council. 

1789 — Anthony  Morris,  1829 — Nathan  R.  Potts, 

1792— Robert  Henry  Dunkin,  1830 — George  Fox, 

1796— William  H.  Tod,  1833— Robert  Hare,  Jr., 

1796— Edward  Johnson  Coale,  1836— Levi  Hollingsworth, 

1 80 1 — John  L.  Leib,  1843 — Henry  Helmuth, 

1802— Joseph  Scott,  1846— Thomas  Birch,  Jr., 

1804 — Samuel  Holmes,  1852— Craig  Biddle, 

1810— Robert  S.  Greene,  1854 — John  M.  Riley, 

1812— Samuel  Keemle,1  1856— John  D.  Miles, 

1815 — John  Cole  Lowber,  1858 — William  Francis  Small, 

1819 — Samuel  Rush,  1861 — George  F.  Gordon, 

1820 — John  Cole  Lowber,  1862 — Philip  H.  Lutts, 

1827 -Nathan  R.  Potts,  1864— William  Francis  Small, 

1828— John  Reynolds  Vogdes,  1865 — John  Eckstein. 

Clerks  of  the  Select  Council. 

1796 — William  H.  Tod,  1849 — Edmund  Wilcox, 

r8oi — Edward  Johnson  Coale,  1855 — Joseph  Wood,  Jr., 

1802 -John  L.  Leib,  1856— Henry  C.  Leisenring, 

1806— Thomas  Bradford,  Jr.,  1859— J.  Barclay  Harding, 

1830 — Archibald  Randall,  1862 — Emanuel  Rey, 

1833 — Joseph  G.  Clarkson,  1863 — Henry  C.  Corfield, 

1840 — Joseph  Coleman  Fisher,  1864— Benjamin  H.  Haines, 

1846— Henry  Helmuth,  1873 — Joseph  H.  Paist. 

THE  MANUAL  OF  COUNCILS,  a  very  valuable  little  work,  now 
issued  annually,  by  Councils,  containing  the  Rules  of  Government 
of  the  Select  and  Common  Councils,  and  other  interesting  and 
necessary  information,  together  with  the  names  of  the  Members 
of  the  Councils  and  their  officers,  and  the  names  of  the  Heads  of 
the  other  City  Departments,  and  of  all  persons  employed  in  each, 
was  first  issued  in  1859.  The  Manuals  for  the  years  1859-60  and 
1 860-6 1,  of  which  I  have  copies,  were  compiled  by  George  W. 
Gamble.  George  F.  Gordon,  assistant  Clerk  of  the  Common 
Council,  who  was  appointed  Chief  Clerk  thereof  in  1861,  by 
resolution,  during  the  absence  of  General  William  Francis  Small, 
as  Colonel  of  the  26th  regiment  of  Pennsylvania  volunteers, 
compiled  the  Manual  for  1862-63.  By  Ordinance  of  February 
5,  1863,  the  Clerks  of  the  Councils  were  authorized  to  compile 
a  Manual,  and  in  accordance  therewith,  the  Manual  of  1863 
was  prepared  by  Philip  H.  Lutts,  the  then  Chief  Clerk,  which 
was  used  until  1866.  The  Manuals  from  1866  to  1873,  were 
issued  annually,  and  compiled  by  John  Eckstein,  Chief  Clerk,  and 
from  1874  to  1879,  by  Joseph  H.  Paist,  Chief  Clerk  of  the  Select 
Council,  who  says  the  Manual  was  not  issued  regularly  prior  to 
1866,  which  agrees  with  the  statement  of  Mr.  Lutts. 

1  All  the  family  now  spell  their  name  Keehmle. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


115 


Presidents 


OF   THE    BOARD    OF    THE    GUARDIANS    OF    THE    POOR. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


1830 — Thomas  P.  Cope,  1856 — 

-George  W.  Jones,  1857 — 

-William  G.  Flanagan,  1858 — 

-Daniel  S.  Beideman,  1859 — 

-William  G.  Flanagan,  1860 — 

-Michael  Day,  1865 — 

-Robert  P.  King,  1868— 

-Frederick  M.  Adams,  1874 — 

-Joseph  B.  Smith,  1876 — 

1882 — John  Huggard 


1847- 
1848- 
1849 
I852- 

1853- 
1854- 

1855- 


Oliver  Evans, 
James  D.  Brown, 
Dr.  George  Huhn, 
Eljhanan  N.  Keyser, 
John  M.  Maris, 
George  Erety, 
John  M.  Whitall, 
John  P.  Verree, 
James  S.  Chambers, 


Harbor  Masters, 


FOR   THE    PORT 

See  Act  of 

Samuel  Young, 
William  Hawks, 
Caleb  Earle, 
William  Hawks, 
Caleb  Earle, 
George  Bird, 
Nicholas  Esling, 
Patrick  Hayes,  / 
John  F.  Stump,2 
Gen.  A.  L.  Roumfort, 
William  Abbott, 
William  Rice, 
George  Rex  Graham, 
Capt.  Enoch  Turley, 
John  D.  Pettit, 
George  T.  Thorn, 
George  J.  Weaver, 
Alexander  P.  Colesberry, 
Joseph  W.  Bullock, 
Capt.  Henry  R.  Adams, 


OF    PHILADELPHIA. 
March  22,  1803. 

appointed        Feb.    10,  1809 

Jan.    20,  1812 

Nov.    3,  1818 

Mar.   15,  1821 

Feb'y  7,  1824 

May    13,  1828 

Mar.   21,  1836 

Feb'y  9,  1839 

April    6,  1842 

July    ii,  1845 

Aug.     22,  1848 

Feb'y  4,  1852 

Feb'y  16,  1855 

Nov.  8,  1856 

Mar.  31,  1858 

Jan.  30,  1861 

Jan.  28,  1867 

Feb.  28,  1870 

,  187? 

,  1879 


Presidents  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

The  Health  Office  was  established  by  Act  of  April  I,  1803. 


1803 — Cornelius  Comegys, 
1805 — Ebenezer  Ferguson, 
1807 — Thomas  C.  James, 
1 8 10 — Ebenezer  Ferguson, 

1  Elected  by  acclamation  on  July  2,  1882. 

2  Stump  died,  Feb.  6,  1882,  aged  82. 


1817 — Liberty  Browne, 
1818 — John  Claxton, 
1823 — Cornelius  Comegys, 
1830 — Joseph  Worrell, 


116 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


1833—  Dr.  Rob't  E.Griffith,  Jr.,  1855—  Dr.  Wilson'JeweU, 
1835  —  Ralph  W.  Porneroy,           1857  —  William  Bonsall, 
1837—  Dr.  Henry  Bond,               1858—  Dr.  Joseph  R.  Goad, 
1839  —  James  Hutchinson,             1858—  Robert  Lindsay, 
1843—  Thomas  D-  Grover,            1859—  Dr.  Paul  B.  Goddard, 
1846  —  Dr.  Nathan  L.  Hatfield,   1863  —  Dr.  James  A   McGrea. 

1848  —  Adam  Traquair,                  1868  —  Dr.  Eliab  Ward, 

1849  —  Jonn  Lindsay,                     1871— 

-Henry  Davis, 

1854  —  Jeremiah  E.  Eldridge,        1879  — 

Dr.  William  H.  Ford. 

1881  —  Gen.  Horatio  Gates 

Sickel. 

Interpreters  of  the  Board 

of  Health. 

Peter  Le  Barbier  Duplessis,      French, 

->    J794 

Peter  S.  Du  Ponceau,  French  &>  Eng., 

-.      *.                 * 

>   *794 

Charles  Erdman,    Ger.  &  Low  Dutch, 

?   T794 

James  Philip  Puglia,                Spanish, 

-.      M 

»    J794 

John  Holt  Oswald,  French  &  Spanish, 

Sept.  —  ,  1805 

J.  Ulrich  Rivardi,  foreign  languages, 

May   —  ,    1806 

George  Taylor,  Jr.,            "' 

May   —  ,    1809 

James  Philip  Puglia,           " 

May    —  ,    1809 

Peter  S.  Du  Ponceau,         " 

Nov.   22,   1810 

Matthias  J.  O'Conway,1     " 

Jan.   —  .    1811 

Gharles  Erdman,                 " 

Nov.   26,   1813 

Charles  Currie,                     " 

Oct.    —  ;   1817 

Benjamin  Nones,                  " 

Feb.   17,    1818 

Samuel  Keemle,             German, 

Nov.   26,   1818 

Jacob  Zeilin,5                        " 

July    21,    1819 

Joachim  Fred'k  Eckhard,  " 

Feb.    14.   1820 

M.  J.  O'Conway,  French  &  Spanish, 

Feb.    14,    1821 

Benjamin  Nones,                 " 

Mar.   14,   1821 

Charles  Le  Brun,                 " 

Aug.   23,   1822 

Francis  Becker,                   " 

Oct.  —  .    1822 

Ignace  Frazer,               French, 

Sept.  —  ,  1823 

Port  Physicians, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

Dr.  Thomas  Graeme,3            in  office 

T  -  ,  q 

.     1  /  J  o 

Dr.  Zachary  Lloyd,              appointed 

Sept.   14,  1741 

Dr.  Thomas  Bond,                      " 

Sept.   22,  1741 

Dr.  James  Hutchinson,       consulting 

»   *n-* 

,   1790 

Dr.  Benjamin  Rush,              resident 

•     ,    1  790 

Dr.  James  Mease,                        " 

>  1795 

Or      S^niTlllpI    Ollffiplrl                       /-nncijlfi-Mrr 

T  <7  n  r 

'Matthias  James  O'Conway,  for  forty  years  Public  Interpreter,  died  Nov. 
27,  1842,  aged  77  years.  2Vice  Stock,  resigned. 

3  See  I  C.  R.,  524.     Dr.  Graeme  died,  Sept.  4,  1772,  aged  84. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  117 


ui.  jctiucb  nan,                         appuinita 

>  X7yy 

Dr.  Samuel  Duffield, 

Jan.    27,    1800 

Dr.  John  Syng  Dorsey,              " 

T  OT   „ 

j   I8I3 

Dr.  Alexander  Knight,              " 

April  15,  1814 

Dr.  Josiah  Stewart,                     " 

July    24,    1827 

Dr.  William  Carroll  Brewster,  " 

Mar.   21,   1831 

Dr.  John  A.  Elkinton,              " 

Mar.    26,    1836 

Dr.  Isaac  N.  Marselis,               " 

Feb'y  9,    1839 

Dr.  Henry  Dietrich,                   " 

Mar.    5,     1845 

Dr.  William  Henry,                    " 

Dec.   14,   1848 

Dr.  David  Gilbert,                      " 

Feb'y  6,   1852 

Dr.  J.  Howard  Taylor,              " 

Feb.    16,    1855 

Dr.  Eliab  Ward, 

May  31,    1856 

Dr.  S   P.  Brown,1 

Mar.    9,    1858 

Dr.  John  F.  Trenchard,            " 

Jan'y  30,  1861 

Dr.  H.  Ernest  Goodman,         " 

Jan'y  21,  1867 

Dr.  Walter  Atlee  Hoffman,       " 

Feb'y  n,  1873 

Dr.  Philip  Leidy,                        " 

Oct.     7,     1874 

Health  Officers, 

OF   THE  PORT   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

Sylvanus  Bourne,2                  in  office 

Nov.   13,  1754 

Thomas  Coombe,                        " 

July   10,    1761 

Peter  De  Haven,                   appointed 

May   12,    1779 

Henry  Dougherty,                 in  office 

Sept.    16,  1780 

John  Jones,                            'appointed 

Nov.    25,  1780 

Nathaniel  Falconer,                    " 

Sept.   29,  1789 

William  Allen,3                      in  office 

T      - 

>   Z793 

James  Philip  Puglia,                   " 

T  3nn 

,     1009 

Nicholas  Esling,               commissioned 

Jan'y  31,  1817 

William  Mandry,                        " 

Mar.   29,   1819 

Samuel  R.  Franklin,                  " 

Mar.   31,   1831 

Samuel  Heintzleman,                 " 

May    9,     1834 

William  Marks,                           " 

Mar.   26,   1836 

Jarvis  Webster,                         .  " 

Nov.    9,    1836 

Peter  Rambo,                              " 

Feb'y  9,    1839 

William  Loughlin,                      " 

Mar.     5,    1845 

George  P.  Little,                        " 

Dec.   14,   1848 

William  McGlensey,                   " 

Feb'y  4,    1852 

James  W.  T.  McAllister,           " 

Feb'y  16,  1855 

John  H.  Henderson,                   " 

July     3,     1857 

Arthur  Hughes,                           " 

Mar.    9,     1858 

William  Read,                             " 

Jan'y  30,  1861 

'Dr.  Brown  died,  June  29,  1870. 

'*  See  6  C.  R.,  169.     The  first  name  is  not  mentioned  there,  but  it  is  be- 
lieved to  be  as  given.  3  Allen  was  re-commissioned  Tan.  27,  1800. 
16 


118  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

George  Rush  Smith,        commissioned  Mar.   30,  1864 

Horatio  Gates  Sickel,  — ,  1865 

John  E.  Addicks,1  May   31,  1869 

Gen.  James  L.  Selfridge,  Jan'y  i°>  1883 

CHIEF  INSPECTOR. 
Sylvester  H.  Martin,        commissioned      July    6,     1874 

The  Quarantine  Station, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

The  series  of  buildings  on  Tinicum  Island,  from  which  a  large 
yellow  flag,  displaying  the  letter  "  Q"  in  the  centre,  is  floating 
from  a  flag-pole  on  the  river  front,  from  the  first  day  of  June  to 
the  first  day  of  October,  in  each  year,  is  the  Quarantine  Station  for 
the  Port  of  Philadelphia,  and  is  generally  known  as  the  Lazaretto, 
and  occupies  one  of  the  handsomest  sites  on  the  Pennsylvania 
shore  of  the  river  Delaware  ;  it  was  there  that  Governor  Printz 
fixed  in  1643  the  seat  of  government  and  called  it  New  Gotten- 
burg;  there  the  principal  persons  among  the  Swedes  took  up  their 
residence,  and  there,  undoubtedly,  the  first  Courts  of  Justice  were 
regularly  established  in  what  is  now  the  Commonwealth  of  Penn- 
sylvania. See  Martiri s Historic/ Chester,  pp.  308,  461. 

A  quarantine  law  first  passed  in  1700,  when  Pennsylvania  was 
a  colony.  It  was  limited  to  foreign  vessels,  and  prohibited  them 
from  coming  within  a  mile  from  shore,  until  visited  by  a  physician 
to  ascertain  whether  there  were  any  sick  people  on  board,  or  if 
there  was  an  unhealthy  cargo,  or  the  vessel  came  from  an  un- 
healthy port.  Sir  William  Keith,  when  Governor  of  the  Province, 
in  1726,  authorized  the  appointment  of  a  physician  to  fulfil  this 
duty.  There  was  no  establishment  maintained  for  the  detention 
of  vessels  until  1742,  when  a  pest-house  was  built  on  what  was 
called  Province  Island,  in  the  Schuylkill,  near  its  mouth.  This 
was  used  for  quarantine  purposes  from  1742  until  1800.  One  of 
the -buildings  in  use  then,  a  fine  large  stone  structure,  was  still 
standing  there  a  few  years  ago.  The  reason  for  the  establishment 
of  the  hospital  on  the  Schuylkill  was  the  arrival  of  a  German  ves- 
sel carrying  emigrants,  many  of  whom  were  suffering  from  yellow 
fever.  There  was  a  strong  suspicion  that  typhus  (ship)  fever  had 
been  imported  in  German  vessels,  as  the  number  of  emigrants  had 
been  decimated — about  700  during  the  year  1742.  The  Board  of 
Health  was  organized  by  the  Act  of  April  22,  1794,  wherein  it 
was  enacted:  "  That  the  messuage,  tenements  and  lot  of  ground 
situate  and  being  on  the  Island  in  the  river  Delaware,  commonly 
called  STATE  ISLAND,  which  have  heretofore  been  reserved,  occu- 
pied and  employed  for  the  purposes  of  a  public  hospital  or  pest- 
house,  shall  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  erected  and  established 
into  a  Health  office  for  the  Port  of  Philadelphia,  * 

1  Died  suddenly  on  January  4,  1883  ;  aged  70  years. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  119 

and  there  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor  a  Resident  Physi- 
cian, a  Consulting  Physician  and  a  Health  Officer,  and  the  In- 
spectors" shall  appoint  a  Steward,  Matron,  Nurses,  &c.  ;  vide  ^rd 
Dallas'^  Laws,  553.  State  or  Providence  Island  was  formerly 
a  part  of  the  Cock  plantation  ;  see  in  Dr.  Smith's  History  of 
Delaware  County,  the  map  of  the  early  settlements. 

The  present  Quarantine  Station,  belonging  to  the  City  of 
Philadelphia,  was  established  on  Tinicum  Island,  ten  miles  below 
the  city,  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1800,  it  consists  of  ten  acres 
of  ground,  and  the  United  States  Department  adjoining  comprises 
six  acres.  The  buildings  were  put  up  in  1800,  and  were  erected  in 
that  location  because  it  was  considered  that  if  they  were  too  near 
the  city,  they  would  be  constantly  visited  by  people  out  of  curi- 
osity, which  was  very  objectionable.  There  is  a  large  hospital 
building  179  feet  long  by  50  feet  wide,  three  stories  in  height, 
with  wings,  built  of  brick,  in  the  most  substantial  manner.  The 
main  building  is  occupied  by  the  Steward.  The  wings  were 
originally  called  the  Lazaretto.  There  are  two,  each  64  feet  long 
by  25  feet  wide,  two  stories  in  height.  A  hospital  for  small-pox  or 
ship-fever  patients  is  a  separate  building.  There  are  also  resi- 
dences for  the  Physician  and  the  Quarantine  Master,  and  the  offi- 
cers necessary  for  the  proper  maintenance  of  the  station.  The 
United  States  portion  has  a  residence  for  the  Deputy  Inspector, 
and  a  warehouse  for  the  storage  of  cargoes.  The  Lazaretto  is 
very  eligibly  situated,  and  the  establishment  is  well  adapted  to 
the  purposes  for  which  it  was  built.  When  proposed,  there  was 
a  question  as  to  whether  the  place  should  be  located  on  Tinicum 
Island  or  below  Marcus  Hook.  At  that  time  Chester  was  but  a 
small  place,  and  there  was  no  idea  that  it  would  grow  to  such  an 
important  town  as  it  now  is.  Therefore,  the  Lazaretto,  which 
has  lately  become  objectionable  to  the  inhabitants  of  Chester,  was 
located  on  Tinicum  Island.  As  Chester  is  continuing  to  grow 
rapidly,  the  time  may  come  when  it  will  be  necessary  to  remove 
the  Quarantine  Station  below  Marcus  Hook,  as  no  other  part  of 
the  Pennsylvania  side  of  the  river  appears  to  be  suitable. 

The  quarantine  law,  passed  Jan.  29,  1818,  provides  that  every 
ship  or  vessel  coming  from  any  foreign  port  or  place,  bound  to 
the  port  of  Philadelphia,  between  the  first  day  of  June  and  the 
first  day  of  October  in  every  year,  shall  come  to  anchor  in  the 
river  Delaware,  as  near  the  Lazaretto  as  the  draft  of  water  and 
the  weather  will  allow,  before  any  part  of  the  cargo  or  baggage 
be  landed,  or  any  person  who  came  in  such  ship  or  vessel  shall 
leave  her,  or  any  person  be  permitted  to  go  on  board,  and  shall 
submit  to  the  examination,  required  by  the  Act,  and  obtain  a 
certificate  to  proceed  to  her  destination  and  discharge,  but  if  it 
shall  appear  that  the  vessel  is  from  an  unhealthy  port,  she  shall  be 
detained  not  exceeding  twenty  days  ;  7  Smith1  s  Laws,  pp.  5-28. 


120 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Lazaretto  Physicians, 

FOR  THE  QUARANTINE  STATION,  AT  TINICUM,  ON   THE  RIVEB 
DELAWARE,    IN    PENNSYLVANIA. 
From  the  Philadelphia  Directories. 


Dr.  Michael  Leib,  appointed 

Dr.  Nathan  Dorsey, 

Dr.  George  Buchanan, 

Dr.  Edward  Lowber, 

Dr.  Isaac  Hiester, 

Dr.  Thomas  Mitchell, 

Dr.  Joel  B.  Sutherland, 

Dr.  George  F.  Lehman, 

Dr.  Joshua  W.  Ash, 

Dr.  Wihner  Worthington, 

Dr.  Jesse  W.  Griffiths, 

Dr  Joshua  Y.  Jones, 

Dr.  James  S.  Rich, 

Dr.  T.  J.  P.  Stokes, 

Dr.  Henry  Pleasants, 

Dr.  J.  Howard  Taylor, 

Dr.  L.  S.  Gilbert, 

Dr.  D.  K.  Shoemaker, 

Dr.  Thomas  Stewardson, 

Dr.  George  W.  Fairlamb, 

Dr.  William  S.  Thompson, 

Dr.  J.  Howard  Taylor, 

Dr.  D.  K.  Shoemaker, 

Dr.  W.  T.  Robinson, 


Sept.  19,  1800 

,  1805 

July     4,  1806 

,  1808 

,  1809 

May    27,  1813 

May    i,  1816 

Mar.     4,  1817 

Mar.   29,  1836 

Feb.     9,  1839 

April    5,  1842 

March  5,  1845 

Dec.   14,  1848 

,  1854 

Feb.  16,  1855 

May  31,  1856 

Mar.  13,  1858 

Jan.  30,  1861 

May  21,  1864 

May  3,  1865 

Jan.  21,  1867 

Aug.  n,  1870 

Nov.  4,  1873 


Quarantine  Masters, 

FOR   THE   LAZARETTO   STATION,   TINICUM. 


Thomas  Egger, 
Capt.  William  Lake, 
Christopher  O' Conner, 
Capt.  Thomas  Moore, 
Henry  Kenyon, 
Joseph  M.  G.  Lescure, 
Stephen  Home, 
Benjamin  Martin, 
Alexander  McKeever, 
Capt.  John  H.  Cheyney, 
William  V.  McKean, 
Matthew  Van  Dusen,  Jr., 
Jacob  Pepper, 
Lewis  R.  Denin, 
Robert  Gartside, 


probably 
in  office 


in   office,  \  800 

April  —  ,  1809 

May     i,  1816 

May  19,  1818 

Aug.    16,  1819 

Mar.   31,  1831 

Mar.   29,  1836 

Feb'y  9,  1839 

April    6,  1842 

Mar.   13,  1848 

Feb'y  12,  1852 


Feb'y  16,  1855 
March  9,  1858 
Jan'y  20,  1861 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  121 

Nathan  Shaw,  in  office  April  15,  1864 

Thomas  O.  Stevenson,               "  April  20,  1867 

Robert  Gartside,                         "  Feb'y  28,  1870 

Dr.  John  H.  Gihon,                   "  Aug.   n,   1870 

Dr.  A.  W.  Mathews,                  "  — ,   1874 

Dr.  C.  C.  V.  Crawford,  "  ,   1879 

Presidents  of  the  Board  of  Public  Education. 

Under  the  Act  of  March  3,  1818. 
From  its  organization  to  {he present  time, — 7  Smith's  Laws,  53. 

Roberts  Vaux,  elected  April  — ,  1818 

Thomas  Dunlap,  "  Jan'y   T>  1830 

George  Mifflin  Wharton,  "  Jan'y   i,  1840 

Henry  Leech,  "  Jan'y   i,  1841 

John  Miller,  ."  Jan'y   x> 

George  Mifflin  Wharton,  "  Jan'y   !> 

Daniel  S.  Beideman,  "  Jan'y   i,  1850 

Thomas  G.  Hollingsworth,  "  Jan'y   i»  l&$4 

William  J.  Reed,  "  Jan'y   i,  1.857 

Henry  Bumm,  "  Jan'y    i>  l&59 

Benjamin  M.  Dusenberry,  '•'  Jan'y   !>  J86i 

Leonard  Randolph  Fletcher,    "  Jan'y   i?  *862 

Edward  Shippen,  Jan'y   J>  1864 

Daniel  Steinmetz,  "  Jan'y   l>  1869 

Morton  Hall  Stanton,  "  Jan'y   l>  1870 

James  Long,  "  Jan'y   :>  J877 

Edward  T.  Steel,  "  Jan'y   i,  1879 

SECRETARIES  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  EDUCATION. 

1819 — Willie  Birnie,  1835 — William  Piersol, 

1819— Thomas  McKean  Pettit,   1837 — Richard  Penn  Smith, 
1820 — Daniel  B.  Smith,  1841 — Thomas  B.  Florence, 

1821 — Thomas  McKean  Pettit,   1849 — Robert  J.  Hemphill, 
1833 — Charles  Pettit,  1863 — James  D.  Campbell, 

1865— Henry  W.  Halliwell.1 

Members  of  Congress, 

FROM   PHILADELPHIA. 

To  the  Continental  Congress. 

Joseph  Galloway,  .  .  1774    to    1775 

Samuel  Rhoads,  .  .  1774    to    1775 

Thomas  Mifflin,          1774  to    1775  and  1782    to    1784 

1  This  list  is  taken  from  the  "  Sixty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Education  of  the  First  School  District ;  comprising  the  City  of  Philadel- 
phia, for  the  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1881." 


122  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND 

Charles  Humphreys,         .  .  1774  to  *775 

John  Dickinson,                .  .  1774  to  1776 

Benjamin  Franklin,           .  .  1775  to  1778 

Thomas  Willing,               .  .  1775  to  1776 

Robert  Morris,     .             .  .  1775  to  1778 

Andrew  Allen,     .              .  .  1775  to  1776 

James  Wilson,              1775  to   1778  and  1785  to  1786 

Benjamin  Rush,  .              .  .  1776  to  1777 

George  Clymer,           1776  to  1778  and  1780  to  1782 

Daniel  Roberdeau,            .  .  1 777  to  1779 

Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,  .  1777  to  1778 

Joseph  Reed,        .             .  .  1777  to  1778 

Dr.  Samuel  Duffield,        .  .  1777101779 

William  Shippen,  Sr.,       .  .  1778  to  1780 

James  Searle,        .             .  .  1778  to  1780 

Frederick  Augustus  Muhlenberg,  1779  to  1780 

Jared  Ingersoll,    .              .  .  1780  to  1781 

Timothy  Matlack,              .  .  1780  to  1781 

Thomas  Fitzsimons,         .  .  1782  to  1783 

Richard  Peters,    .              .  .  1782  to  1783 

Cadwalader  Morris,          .  .  1783  to  1785 

Joseph  Reed,        .             .  .  1784  to  1785 

Matthew  Clarkson,            .  .  1785  to  1787 

Charles  Pettit,      .             .  .  1785  to  1787 

John  Bayard,        .              .  .  1785  to  1789 

Gen.  Arthur  St.  Clair,      .  .  1785  to  1787 

Samuel  Meredith,             .  .  1786  to  1789 

William  Bingham,            .  .  1786  to  1789 

John  Armstrong,  Jr. ,  .  1787  to  1789 

To  THE  CONGRESS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

Frederick  Augustus  Muhlenberg,  .  1789  to  1797 

George  Clymer,  .             .  .  1789  to  1795 

Thomas  Fitzsimons,         .  .  1789  to  1795 

John  Swanwick,                .  .  1795  to  J799 

Blair  McClenachan,          .  .  1797  to  1799 

Robert  Wain,       .              .  .  1799  to  1801 

Michael  Leib,      .             .  .  1799  to  1806 

William  Jones,     .              .  .  1801  to  1803 

Joseph  Clay,         .             .  .  1803  to  1808 

Dr.  John  Porter, .             .  .  1806  to  1811 

Dr.  Benjamin  Say,            .  .  1808  to  1811 

Rev.  Dr.  James  Milnor,  .  .  1811  to  1813 

Dr.  Adam  Seybert,     1811  to  1815  and  1817  to  1819 

Charles  Jared  Ingersoll,  1813  to  1815  and  1841  to  1849 

John  Conard,       .              .  .  1813  to  1815 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  123 


Col.  Jonathan  Williams,  . 

1815 

to 

1817 

Joseph  Hopkinson, 

1815 

to 

1819 

William  Milnor,  Jr,,  1815  to  1817  and 

1821 

to 

1823 

John  Sergeant,             1817  to  1823  and 

1837 

to 

1841 

Joseph  Hemphill,        1819  to  1826  and 

1827 

to 

1831 

Thomas  Forrest, 

1819 

to 

1821 

Samuel  Breck, 

1823 

to 

1825 

Daniel  H.  Miller, 

1823 

to 

1831 

John  Wurts, 

1825 

to 

1827 

Thomas  Kittera,1 

1826 

to 

1827 

Dr.  Joel  B.  Sutherland,    . 

1827 

to 

1837 

Henry  Horn, 

1831 

to 

1833 

John  G.  Watmough, 

1831 

to 

1833 

Horace  Binney,    . 

i833 

to 

1835 

James  Harper, 

1835 

to 

1837 

Joseph  Reed  Ingersoll,  1835  to  1837  and 

1841 

to 

1849 

Michael  Woolston  Ash,    . 

1835 

to 

1837 

Lemuel  Paynter,  . 

1837 

to 

1841 

George  Washington  Toland, 

1837 

to 

1843 

Charles  Naylor,    . 

1837 

to 

1841 

Charles  Brown,            1841  to  1843  an(^ 

1847 

to 

1849 

Edward  Joy  Morris,    1843  to  1845  an^ 

1857 

to 

1861 

John  T.  Smith,    . 

1843 

to 

1845 

Lewis  Charles  Levin, 

1845 

to 

1851 

John  H.  Campbell, 

1845 

to 

1847 

Joseph  R.  Chandler, 

1849 

to 

1855 

Henry  D.  Moore, 

1849 

to 

1853 

John  Robbins,  Jr.,2 

1849 

to 

1855 

Thomas  B.  Florence, 

1851 

to 

1861 

William  H.  Witte, 

1853 

to 

1855 

Job  Roberts  Tyson, 

1855 

to 

1857 

William  Millward,       1855  to  1857  and 

1859 

to 

1863 

Jacob  Broom, 

1855 

to 

1857 

John  Cadwalader, 

1855 

to 

1857 

James  Landy, 

1857 

to 

1859 

Henry  Myer  Phillips, 

1857 

to 

1859 

John  P.  Verree,   . 

1859 

to 

1863 

William  Eckhardt  Lehman, 

1861 

to 

1863 

William  Darrah  Kelley,    . 

1861 

to 

William  Morris  Davis, 

1861 

to 

1863 

Col.  Charles  John  Biddle, 

1861 

to 

1863 

Samuel  J.  Randall, 

1863 

to 

Charles  O'Neill,           1863  to   1871  and 

1873 

to 

Leonard  Myers,   . 

1863 

to 

1875 

Martin  Russell  Thayer,    . 

1863 

to 

1867 

1  Vice  Hemphill,  resigned.         2Died  April  27,  1880,  aged  72  years. 


124  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

John  V.  Creely,  .  .  .  1871  to    1873 

Alfred  C.  Harmer,  .  .  1873  to 

Nathaniel  Chapman  Freeman,  .  1875  to    J^79 

Gen.  Henry  H.  Bingham,  .  1879  to 

Committee  of  Defence, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA. 
1814-15. 

Thomas  McKean,  Condy  Raguet, 

Joseph  Reed,  John  Geyer, 

Jared  Ingersoll,  Col.  Jonathan  Williams, 

Charles  Biddle,  Daniel  Groves, 

John  Sergeant,  John  Barclay, 

John  Goodman,  John  Naglee, 

Robert  McMullin,  Thomas  Snyder, 

Thomas  Leiper,  Isaac  W.  Norris, 

John  Barker,  Michael  Leib, 

Henry  Hawkins,  Jacob  Huff, 

Thomas  Cadwalader,  James  Whitehead, 

John  Steele,  James  Josiah, 

George  Latimer,  John  Thompson, 

Liberty  Browne,  Ebenezer  Ferguson, 

Charles  Ross,  James  Ronaldson, 

Manuel  Eyre,  Peter  Miercken, 

John  Connelly,  Richard  Palmer, 

William  McFadden,  Philip  Peltz, 

John  Goodman,  Secretary  of  the  Committee. 

Francis  S.   Coxe  and  S.   Field,  Assistants. 

Postmasters, 

AT   THE   CITY   OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

1696 — Alexander  Hamilton,  Postmaster-General;    i  C.  R.,  463. 

1698 — Henry  Flower,1  Sept.  2,  1698. 

1707 — Capt.  John  Hamilton  ;   2  Logan  Papers,  228. 

1722 — Henry  Flower;  Potter's  American  Monthly,  1875,  P-  ^9J- 

1725 — Andrew  Bradford. 

1737 — William  Spotswood,  Postmaster- General. 

1737— Benjamin  Franklin;  Harper' s  Magazine ,  October,  1871. 

1 753 — Benjamin  Franklin  and  Peter  Hunter,  Postmasters-General. 

1753 — William  Franklin. 

1757  — Peter  Franklin,  brother  of  Benjamin  ;  4  Pa.  Archives,  257. 

1759 — Josiah  F.  Davenport,  (atout  this  time.) 

1767 — John  Foxcroft,2  a  relative  of  Franklin's  wife. 

1774 — William  Bradford. 

1  Chapter  50  of  the  Laws  (imprinted.)     Session  1700-1,  an  Act  was  passed 
for  erecting  and  establishing  a  post  office  at  Philadelphia;  I  Dallas' s  Laws,  15. 

2  John,  not  Thomas,  Journal  of  fftigk  fin/ay,  xxiii  and  xxiv. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  125 

1775 — William  Franklin,1  called  Comptroller  of  the  General  Post 

Office,  at  Philadelphia. 

1775 — Richard  Bache,2  Deputy  to  Franklin. 
1776 — Richard  Bache,  Postmaster-General.     He  was  appointed 

by  Congress  on  Nov.  7,  1776. 
1776 — Peter  Baynton. 
1782-89 — Ebenezer  Hazard,  Postmaster  to  the  United  Colonies. 

James  Bryson,  appointed.         Jan'y  28,  1782 

,    Robert  Patton,  "  Oct.    2,     1789 

'Dr.  Michael  Leib,  "  Feb'y  14,  1814 

Richard  Bache,  "  Feb'y  26,  1817 

Thomas  Sergeant,  "  April  16,  1828 

Col.  James  Page,  "  April  n,  1833 

John  Crathorne  Montgomery,  "  Mar.   23,  1841 

James  Hoy,  Jr.,  "  June   26,   1844 

Dr.  George  F.  Lehman,  "          .      May    5,     1845 

William  J.  P.  White,  "  May    9,     1849 

John  Miller,3  April    i,    1853 

Gideon  G.  Westcott,  "  Mar.   19,   1857 

Nath'l  Borradaile  Browne,  "  Mar.  30,   1859 

Cornelius.  A.  Walborn,  "  April  20,  1861 

Charles  M.  Hall,  "  Oct.    — ,    1866 

Gen.  Henry  H.  Bingham,  "  Mar.   23,  1867 

George  Walter  Fairman,  "  Dec.    10,   1872 

Archibald  Loudon  Snowden,  "  Dec.    u,   1876 

Gen.  John  Frederic  Hartranft,  "  Feb'y  17,  1879 

Gen.  Henry  S.  Huidekoper,  "  July    22,    1880 

THE  PAST  AND  PRESENT. 

Mr.  James  Lawrence,  a  veteran  in  the  Postal  Service  at  Wash- 
ington, and  still  in  harness,  says  that  the  first  weekly  mail  from 

1  See  letter  in  the  Delaware  County  Republican,  Jan.  28,  1876,  copied  from 
the  Pennsylvania  Magazine  of  1775,  as  follows,  which  explains  itself: 

"GENERAL  POSTOFFICE,  Philadelphia,  February  14,  1775. 

It  having  been  found  very  inconvenient  to  persons  concerned  in  trade  that_ 
the  mail  from  Philadelphia  to  New  England  sets  out  but  once  a  fortnight  dur- 
ing the  winter  season,  this  is  to  give  notice  that  the  New  England  mail  will 
henceforth  go  once  a  week  the  year  round  ;  where  a  correspondence  may  be 
carried  on  and  answer  obtained  to  letters  between  Philadelphia  and  Boston  in 
three  weeks,  which  used  in  the  winter  to  require  six  weeks. 

By  command  of  the  Postmaster  General,  WILLIAM  FRANKLIN,  Comptroller.'1 

1 1775,  November,  William  Goddard  was  Surveyor-General  to  the  Post  Office 
of  the  United  Colonies,  at  New  York.  Aitkeri 's  Penna.  Magazine,  i  Vol. 
538.  This  is  an  error,  however,  as  there  never  was  such  an  officer  as  a 
Surveyor-General  of  the  Post  Office.  Benjamin  Franklin,  Postmaster-General, 
appointed  William  Goddard  Surveyor  of  the  Post  Roads,  and  Comptroller  of 
the  Post  Office.  See  Writings  of  William  L.  Goddard,  I  Vol.,  xii. 

3  Died  Jan.  30,  1878,  aged  65. 
17 


126  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Philadelphia  to  New  England  commenced  in  1754.  In  1765 
semi-weekly  mails  between  Philadelphia  and  New  York  were  con- 
veyed in  covered  Jersey  wagons,  without  springs,  and  the  usual 
time  was  three  days.  Now  there  are  half-a-dozen  daily  mails  be- 
tween the  two  cities,  and  the  time  less  than  three  hours. 

The  first  "dead  letter"  of  which  there  is  any  record  in  the 
United  Colonies,  and  which  was  held  for  postage,  was  mailed  at 
Georgetown,  S.  C.,  Nov.  22,  1777,  directed  to  the  Collector  of 
Customs  at  Wilmington,  N.  C.,  from  John  Cogdel,  announcing 
the  arrival  of  the  schooner  "Dispatch."  Now  they  amount  to 
thousands  daily,  and  a  large  force  of  clerks,  men  and  women,  are 
required  to  give  them  proper  attention. 

Post  Offices. 

WHERE    LOCATED   IN    PHILADELPHIA. 

• 

1728 — At  Andrew  Bradford's  house,  in  Second  street. 
1737 — At  Benjamin  Franklin's  house,  on  Market  street. 
1771 — At  Foxcroft's  house,  Market  near  Fourth  street. 
1 775 — Goddard's  Constitution  Post,  Coffee  House,  Front  &  High. 
1782 — Front  street,  south  of  High  street,  east  side. 
1784 — Corner  of  Front  and  High  street,  /.  e.,  Market  street. 
1785 — Corner  of  Front  and  Chestnut  streets. 
1791 — No.  36  South  Front  street. 

1 793 — During  the  yellow  fever,  at  the  College,  Fourth  below  Arch. 
1 794 — No.  34  South  Front  street. 

r797 — (Yellow  fever),  Twelfth  street,  South  of  Market  street. 
1798 — North  side  of  Market  street,  first  house  west  of  Eleventh. 
1799 — No.  27  South  Third  street. 
1799 — Yellow  fever  season,  upper  end  of  Market  street. 
1800— No.  27  South  Third  street. 
1814 — Southwest  corner  of  Third  and  Market  streets. 
1815— At  No.  27  South  Third  Street. 

1817 — No.  116  Chestnut  street,  N.  E.  cor.  of  Carpenter's  Court. 
1827 — No.  107  Chestnut  street,  N.  E.  corner  of  Franklin  Place. 
1834 — In  the  Philadelphia  Exchange. 
1854 — Jayne's  building,  Dock  street,  east  of  Third  street. 
1862 — Chestnut  street,  next  door  west  of  Custom  House. 
1883 — A  new  Post  Office  is  in  course  of  construction  on  the  west 
side  of  Ninth  street,  extending  from  Chestnut  to  Market. 

An  Act, 

FOR    ERECTING    AND    ESTABLISHING   A   POST    OFFICE. 

From  the  Manuscript  Laws  of  Pennsylvania 

"  Whereas  the  King  and  the  late  Queen  Mary  by  their  Royal 
Letters  Patent  under  the  great  Seal  of  England,  bearing  date 
the  Seventeenth  of  ffebruary,  wch  was  in  the  Year  One  thousand 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  127 

Six  hundred  ninety  and  one,  did  grant  to  Thomas  Neale  Esq  his 
Executors  Administrators  and  assigns  full  Power  and  authority  to 
erect  Settle  and  establish  within  the  Kings  Colonies  and  Planta- 
tions in  America,  one  or  more  office  or  offices  for  receiving  and 
Dispatching  of  Letters  and  Pacquetts  by  post,  and  to  receive,  send 
and  deliver  the  same,  under  such  Rates  and  Summs  of  money  as 
shall  be  agreeable  to  the  Rates  established  by  Act  of  Parliam*  in 
England,  or  as  the  Planters  and  others  should  agree  to  give  on 
the  first  Settlem*,  To  have,  hold  and  enjoy  the  same  for  the  term 
of  twenty- one  years  wth  and  under  such  Powers,  Limitations  and 
Conditions  as  in  and  by  the  said  Letters  Patent  may  more  fully 
appear.  *  And  whereas  the  King's  postmaster  General  of 

England  at  the  Request,  Desire  &  nomination  of  the  said  Thomas 
Neale  hath  deputed  Andrew  Hamilton  Esq,  for  such  time  and 
under  such  Conditions,  as  in  his  Deputation  is  for  that  purpose 
mentioned  to  govern  and  manage  the  said  General  Post  office, 
for  and  throughout  all  the  King's  Plantations  and  Colonies  in  the 
main  Land  or  Continent  of  America,  and  the  Islands  adjacent 
thereto,  as  in  and  by  the  said  Deputation  may  more  fully  appear  : 
And  Whereas  the  said  Andrew  Hamilton  hath  by  and  with  the 
good  Liking  &  Approbation  of  the  Postmaster  General  of  Eng- 
land made  application  to  the  Proprietary  and  Govern'  of  this  Pro- 
vince and  Territories,  and  ffreemen  thereof  Convened  in  general 
Assembly,  that  they  would  ascertain  and  establish  such  rates  and 
Summs  of  money  upon  Letters  and  Pacquets  going  by  post,  as 
may  be  an  effectual  Encouragem*  for  carrying  on  and  maintaining 
a  general  Post,  and  ye  Proprietary  and  Govern'  and  ffreemen  in 
General  Assembly  mett,  considering  that  the  maintaining  of  mu- 
tual and  speedy  Correspondencies  is  very  beneficial  to  the  King 
and  his  Subjects,  and  a  great  Encouragement  to  Trade,  and  that 
the  same  is  best  carried  on  and  managed  by  publick  Post,  as  well 
as  for  preventing  Inconveniences  which  heretofore  have  hapned 
for  want  thereof,  as  for  a  Certain  safe  &  speedy  Dispatch  carrying 
and  recarrying  of  all  Letters  and  Pacquets  of  Letters  by  Post  to 
and  from  all  parts  and  places  within  the  Continent  of  America  and 
several  parts  of  Europe  and  that  the  well  ordering  thereof  is  mat- 
ter of  general  Concernm*  and  of  great  advantage ;  and  being 
willing  to  encourage  such  a  publick  Benefit,  have  therefore 

Enacted,  and  Be  it  Enacted  by  the  said  Proprietary  and 
Govern*  of  this  Province  and  Territories,  by  and  with  the  advice 
and  Consent  of  the  ffreemen  thereof  in  General  Assembly  mett,  and 
by  the  authority  of  the  same,  That  there  be  from  henceforth  one 
General  Letter  Office  Erected  and  Established  within  the  Town 
of  Philadelphia,  from  whence  all  Letters  and  Pacquets  whatsoever 
may  be  with  Speed  and  Expedition  sent  into  any  part  of  yc  neigh- 
boring Colonies  and  Plantations  on  the  main  Land  and  Conti- 
nent of  America,  or  into  any  other  of  the  King's  Kingdoms  or 


128  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Dominions,  or  into  any  Kingdom  or  Countrey  beyond  the  Seas, 
at  which  said  office  all  Returns  and  Answers  may  likewise  be  re- 
ceived ;  And  that  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and  for  the  Master 
of  the  said  office  to  demand,  have,  Receive  and  take  for  the  Post- 
age and  Conveyance  of  all  such  Letters  which  he  shall  so  convey 
carry  and  send  post  as  aforesaid  according  to  ye  several  Rates  and 
Summs  of  Current  Money  of  this  Province  hereafter  mentioned  ; 
That  is  to  say,  ffor  the  Post  of  every  singfe  Letter  from  Europe, 
the  West  Indies,  or  other  parts  beyond  Sea  four  pence,  and  all 
letters  are  to  be  accounted  single  tho'  they  contain  Merchants' 
Accompts,  none  exceeding  one  sheet  of  Paper,  Bills  of  Lading, 
Gazets,  Invoices  or  Bills  of  Exchange,  and  for  each  Pacquet  of 
Letters  from  the  places  aforesaid,  eight  pence,  and  a  Pacquet  shall 
be  accounted  three  Letters,  at  the  least ;  And  for  the  post  of 
every  single  Letter  from  Boston  or  Rhode  Island  to  Philadelphia, 
or  from  Philadelphia  to  Boston  or  Rhode  Island,  eighteen  pence, 
and  so  in  proportion  to  the  greatness  and  quantity  of  Letters. 
And  for  the  post  of  each  single  Letter  from  Philadelphia  to  Piscat- 
way  and  other  parts  to  the  Eastward  of  Boston,  and  from  Piscat- 
way  and  said  Eastern  parts  to  Philadelphia,  two  shillings,  and  so 
in  proportion  as  aforesaid  :  And  for  the  post  of  each  single  Letter 
from  the  Post  Road  in  Conetticot  Colony  to  Philadelphia,  and 
from  Conetticot  Colony,  any  where  on  the  Post  road,  one  shil- 
ling, and  so  in  proportion  as  aforesaid  :  And  for  the  Post  of  each 
single  Letter  from  Philadelphia  to  New  York,  or  from  New  York 
to  Philadelphia,  eight  pence,  and  so  in  proportion  as  aforesaid  : 
And  for  the  Post  of  each  single  Letter  to  or  from  any  place  within 
Eighty  miles  of  Philadelphia,  six  pence,  and  so  in  proportion  as 
aforesaid  :  And  for  the  Post  of  each  single  Letter  from  Philadel- 
phia to  Maryland  or  Virginia,  or  from  Virginia  and  Maryland  to 
Philadelphia,  eighteen  pence,  and  so  in  proportion  as  aforesaid, 
provided  they  come  or  goe  by  Post,  but  if  by  any  private  person 
delivered  into  the  office  four  pence :  And  if  any  Letters  or  Pac- 
quets  shall  ly  or  remain  in  the  office  uncalled  for  by  the  space  of 
forty-eight  hours,  The  Post  master  then  sending  them  forth  to  the 
respective  houses  of  the  persons  to  whom  they  are  directed  shall 
have  and  receive  one  penny  more  for  each  pacquet  or  Letter  : 
Provided  always  That  all  Letters  directed  to  or  going  from  the 
Proprietary  and  Govern1"  shall  be  free. 

And  Be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  That  all 
and  every  such  person  &  persons  as  shall  be  employed  in  the  sev- 
eral stages  within  this  Province  and  Territories,  shall  and  may 
pass  and  repass  all  and  every  fferry  or  fferries  within  this  Province 
and  Territories,  at  any  time  during  the  Continuance  of  this  act  in 
force  without  paying  any  Rate  or  Summ  of  money,  either  for  his 
or  their  own  or  his  or  their  horses  passage  or  passages :  And  if 
any  fferryman  or  fferrymen  or  other  person  or  persons  Interested 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  129 

in  any  such  fferry  or  fferries  within  this  Province  or  Territories, 
shall  at  any  time  neglect,  refuse,  or  delay  the  conveying  over  his 
or  their  fferry  or  fferries  any  such  person  or  persons  imployed  as 
aforesaid  in  the  Execution  of  their  respective  Employm*  or  em- 
ployments, or  his  or  their  horse  or  horses,  He  shall  for  every  such 
offence  forfeit  the  sum  of  five  pounds,  to  be  sued  and  recovered 
in  any  Court  of  Record  within  this  Province  by  Bill,  Plaint  or 
Information,  wherein  no  Essoign,  Protection  or  Wager  of  the  Law 
shall  be  allowed,  one  half  of  the  said  fforfeiture  towards  the  sup- 
port of  the  Governm1  of  this  Province  and  Territories  and  the 
other  half  to  the  Master  of  the  said  general  Letter  office  who  shall 
sue  and  prosecute  for  the  same. 

And  Whereas  upon  the  arrival  of  Ships  into  the  Several  parts 
of  this  Province,  many  Letters  directed  to  Several  Merchants  and 
others,  have  been  detained  long  to  the  great  damage  of  ye  Mer- 
chants, and  want  of  that  speedy  advice  which  they  might  have 
had,  if  the  same  had  forthwith  been  dispatched  :  and  sometimes 
such  Letters  have  been  delivered  by  the  Masters  or  Passengers  of 
such  Ships  to  ignorant  and  loose  hands  that  understand  not  the 
way  and  means  of  speedy  Conveyance  and  Delivery  of  Letters, 
whereby  great  Prejudice  hath  accrued  to  the  affairs  of  Merchants 
and  others,  as  well  by  the  miscarriage  of  many  Letters  as  many 
times  by  opening  of  the  same,  to  the  discovering  of  the  Corres- 
pondencies and  Secrets  of  Merchts. 

Be  it  therefore  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That  all  Let- 
ters and  Pacquets  of  Letters,  that  by  any  Master  of  any  Ship  or 
vessel  shall  or  may  be  brought  to  any  Port  within  this  Province, 
shall  by  such  Masters  be  forthwith  delivered  to  the  said  Master  of 
the  general  letter  office  for  the  time  being,  his  servants  or  agents, 
by  him  or  them  to  be  delivered  according  to  the  several  and  re- 
spective Directions  of  the  Same  ;  and  in  default  thereof  every  such 
Master  as  aforesaid  offending  in  the  premises  shall  forfeit  the  sum 
of  twenty  shillings,  to  be  recovered  in  such  manner  and  to  such 
uses  as  aforesaid,  and  for  their  respective  Encouragem'  in  the  ob- 
servance hereof:  Be  it  also  enacted,  That  the  said  Master  of  the 
said  office  his  Agents  or  Servants  shall  pay  to  every  Master  or 
Masters  of  any  such  Ship  or  Ships,  vessel  or  vessels  so  delivering 
in  Letters  as  aforesaid,  one  penny  for  every  such  Letter  or  Letters, 
Pacquet  or  pacquets ;  Excepting  always  from  this  Act  such  Let- 
ters of  Merchants  and  Masters,  Owners  of  any  such  ship  or  any 
part  of  the  Cargoe,  as  concern  the  said  ship  or  Cargoe  thereof,  or 
shall  be  sent  by  p'sons  employed  by  them  for  carriage  of  such 
Letters,  or  by  any  Messenger  or  Messengers,  sent  on  purpose  for  or 
concerning  the  private  affair  of  any  person  or  persons,  or  by  any 
private  friend  or  ffriends  to  his  her  or  their  ffriend  or  ffriends 
within  the  s'd  Province  or  Territories  thereof.  And  Be  it  further 
Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid  that  no  person  or  persons 


130  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

whatsoever  other  than  the  said  Master  of  the  General  Letter  office 
aforesaid,  his  Agents  or  Servants  shall  presume  to  carry,  recarry 
or  deliver  Letters  for  hire  (other  than  as  before  excepted)  or  set 
up  or  employ  any  spot  post,  Horse  post,  pacquet  Boat  or  Convey- 
ance whatsoever,  for  carrying,  conveying  or  recarrying  any 
Lett"  or  Pacquets  by  sea  or  Land,  upon  pain  of  forfeiting  the 
sum  of  forty  pounds  current  money  of  this  Province  for  every 
several  offence  against  the  Tenour  of  this  present  act,  to  be  sued 
&  recovered  in  such  manner  and  to  such  uses  as  aforesaid.  Provided 
that  this  Act  or  anything  yein  contained  shall  continue  in  force 
no  longer  than  seven  years  from  and  after  the  publication  thereof, 
anything  therein  contained  to  the  contrary  thereof  in  any  wise 
notwithstanding. ' ' — Chap.  50  of  the  Laws,  Recorded  A,  Vol.  /.,  40.' 

Collectors  of  the  Customs. 

AT  PHILADELPHIA. 

Under  the  Crown. 

1682-    Major  William  Dyer. 

1686 — James  Walliams,  i  C.  £.,  147,  for  Bay  and  river  Delaware. 

1692 — William  Clarke,  appointed  June  13, 1692  ;  i  Archives,  117. 

1698 — John  Bewley;   i  C.  R.,  502.     Died,  1704. 

1703  — Robert  Assheton  ;   i  Logan  Papers,  200. 

1704— John  Moore,  appointed  24th,  5th  mo.,  (July),  by  Col. 
Quarry,  vice  Bewley,  dec'd  ;  i  Logan  Papers,  309. 

1727 — Grosvenor  Bedford;  i  Archives,  385.  He  acted  in  per- 
son from  1730  to  1732.  When  appointed  not  known. 

1727 — John  Moore,2  his  Deputy,  died  December,  1732.  He  is 
referred  to  as  being  the  King's  Collector,  in  the  Charter 
and  Laws  of  Pa.,  p.  307,  (1879),  on  Nov.  24,  1726. 

1732-3 — Peter  Evans,3  Bedford's  Deputy,  Feb.  6.  Evans  was 
Moore's  son-in-law  ;  he  resigned  1743.  i  Pa.  Arc.,  385. 

1 1  am  indebted  to  Dr.  William  H.  Egle,  of  Harrisburg,  for  the  copy  of 
this  Act,  which  probably  has  never  before  appeared  in  print.  There  was  a 
previous  law  passed  in  1697;  see  2  C.  R.,  28,  and  the  Duke  of  Yorke's  Book 
of  Laws,  224.  Previously,  however,  in  July,  1683,  Penn  issued  an  order  for 
the  establishment  of  a  post  office  ;  see  Journal  of  Hugh  Fin/ay,  ix. 

2  In  Pa.  Gazette,  Nov.  30,  1732,  it  is  stated  that,  "  On  Saturday  last  (25th), 
died  JOHN  MOORE,  Collector  of  his  Majesty's   Customs  for  this  Port,  which 
place  he  enjoyed  above  thirty  years.     He  dyed  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age." 
His  commission  as  Collector,  signed  by  Evelyn,  is  in  possession  of  one  of  his 
descendants.     In  the  Pa.  Archives,  2nd  series,  the  following  list  of  the  Collec- 
tors of  Customs  is  given,  viz ;  "  John  Bewley,  1 698  to  1 702 ;  John  Moore,  1 706 
(?  1703)  to  1728;   Ralph  Assheton,  1732;   Grosvenor  Bedford,  1733;  Richard 
Pearne  (died),  1762;  Enoch  Story,  1762;  Abraham  Taylor  (resigned),  1762; 
John  Swift,  (vice  Taylor),  June  9,  1762;  Robert  Bayard,  Feb.  21,  1772;  John 
Patterson,  Oct.  19,  1772."     It  is  said  in  the  Life  of  Dr.    William  Smith,  2 
Vol.,  488:  "John  Moore,  it  appears,  came  with  his  wife  and  family  to  Phila- 
delphia prior  to  1700,  and  became  the  King's  Collector  at  that   Port;  this  we 
know  from  his  commission,  which  is  before  me,  dated  1703,  signed  by  Evelyn. 

3  In  an  obituary  of  Peter  Evans;  Pa.  Gazette,  June  20,  1745,  it  is  stated,  he  was 
"  an  eminent  counsellor,  and  for  many  years  Collector  of  the  King's  Customs." 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  131 

1743 — William  Alexander.     He  died,  January,  1744-5. 

1745 — Abram  Taylor,  Deputy  for  Grosvenor  Bedford. 

1748 — Alexander  Barclay,  Deputy  for  Grosvenor  Bedford. 

1751 — Abram  Taylor,  and  in  office;  8  C.  R.,  39,  713,  which 
covers  the  time  from  May  7,  1757,  to  May  10,  1762. 
John  Inglis  is  said  to  have  been  Collector  from  1751  to 
1759,  but  it  is  an  error.  He  was  Deputy  in  the  absence 
of  Collector  Taylor,  from  1751  to  1753.  William  Till 
was  Collector  at  New  Castle  during  the  above  period. 

1762 — John  Swift,  vice  Taylor,  June  9.  Still  in  office  Dec.  5, 
1771.  Dr.  Thomas  Graeme  is  said  to  have  been  Collec- 
tor before  his  death,  in  1772.  See  Memoirs  of  the  His- 
torical Society  of  Pennsylvania,  i  Vol.,  460,  (20!  edition.) 

1772 — Robert  Bayard,  Feb.  7  ;  4  Pa.  Archives,  449,  (ist  series.) 

1772— John  Patterson,  Oct.   19;  in  place  of  Bayard,  declined.1 

1773 — Zachariah  Hood,  acting  for  the  Collector;   10  C.  R.,  90. 

1774 — Lachlane  Maclean.     John  Patterson,1  Deputy. 

UNDER  THE  STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 
Sharp  Delany,  appointed  Mar.    15,   1784 

UNDER  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

Pennsylvania  to  be  one  District,  July  jf,  f?8(). 
Act  of  July  4,  /7<?9,  for  laying  duty  on  goods. 

1789 — Sharp  Delany,2  1846—  Col.  James  Page, 

1792 — George  Latimer,  1849 — William  D.  Lewis,* 

1802 — Peter  Muhlenberg,  1853— Charles  Brown, 

1807 — John  Shee,  1857 — Joseph  B.  Baker, 

1809 — John  Steele,  1861 — William  B.  Thomas, 

1827 — William  Jones,  1866— William  F.  Johnston, 

1829 — James  Nelson  Barker,  1867— Joseph  W.  Cake, 

1838— Ex-Gov.  George  Wolf,  1869— Henry  D.  Moore, 

1840 — Jonathan  Roberts,  1870 — John  W.  Forney, 

1842 — Thomas  S.  Smith,  1872 — Seth  I.  Comly, 

1843 — Calvin  Blythe,  1876— Alexander  P.  Tutton. 

1845 — Henry  Horn,  1880— John  F.  Hartranft.4 

'On  the  tombstone  of  "John  Patterson,  Esq.,"  in  Christ  Church  grave-yard, 
it  is  stated  he  was  "  a  native  of  Ireland,  formerly  an  officer  in  the  British  army 
and  at  the  period  of  the  Revolution,  Collector  of  Customs  in  the  Port  of  Phila- 
delphia." He  was  buried  February  24,  1798.  Gordon's  Pa.,  628. 

2  Died  May  13,  1799,  aged  60.  3  Died  April  I,  1881,  aged  88. 

4 Vice  Tutton,  deceased;  confirmed  by  the  Senate  February  11,  1881. 
There  was  no  custom  house — that  is,  a  special  building  erected  by  the  Gov- 
ernment expressly  for  the  purpose  of  a  Custom  House — in  this  city,  until  the 
United  States  Custom  House  was  built  on  Second  street  below  Dock.  Before 
that  time — under  the  Crown,  and  the  Confederacy,  and  the  United  States — the 


132  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Surveyors-General  of  the  Customs. 

UNDER   THE   CROWN. 

Patrick  Mien,1  in  office  5  mo.,  14,  1690 

Edward  Randolph,2                   "  9  mo. ,13,  1691 

Col.  Robert  Quarry,3  appointed  9010., — ,1703 

William  Keith,4  previous  to  Sept.   27,  1716 

George  Phenny,5                  in  office  Feb.  6,  1732-3 

Controllers  of  the  Customs. 

UNDER   THE   CROWN. 

William  Alexander,               in  office           — ,  1723 

Alexander  Barclay,  "  -  — ,  1749 

.     Christopher  Sanderson,  1756  to  1762 

Alexander  Barclay,  "  — ,  1762 

Lynford  Lardner,  "  -  — ,  1771 

Joshua  Loring,  "  March  7,  1771 

Zachariah  Hood,  "  1773  to  1776 

Surveyors  of  the  Customs, 

AT   THE   PORT    OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

Christopher  Snowden,  appointed  28,  6  mo. ,1685 

Samuel  Land,6  in  office  18,9  mo.  ,1686 

John  Deplove,7  "  Feb.  18, 1694-5 

Matthew  Birch,8  "  Nov.   21,  1696 

John  Jewell,9  "  April  15,  1698 

Col.  Robert  Quarry,10  "  — ,   1699 

Patrick  Baird,  "  — ,   1730 

William  Hero,  "  — ,   1735 

William  Sheppard,  — ,   1768 

David  Drummond,"  "  — ,   1772 

offices  of  customs  were  wherever  the  Collectors  chose  to  locate  them.  It  is 
to  be  presumed  that  the  early  Collectors  under  the  Crown  had  their  offices  at 
their  own  private  places,  stores,  or  dwelling-houses.  The  following  have  been 
ascertained  locations  of  custom  houses:  1733-34,  Peter  Evans,  Collector,  at  his 
dwelling.  1743,  W.  Alexander,  Collector,  at  John  Nelson's  house,  Chestnut 
street.  1762,  John  Swift,  Collector,  Front  street,  between  Arch  and  Race,  west 
side.  1784,  Sharp  Delany,  Collector,  corner  of  Black- Horse  alley  and  Front 
street.  1791,  southeast  corner  of  Walnut  and  Second  streets.  1795,  No.  119 
South  Front  street,  near  Walnut.  1798,  during  the  yellow  fever,  at  Congrt». 
Hall,  southeast  corner  of  Sixth  and  Chestnut  streets.  1802,  Peter  Muhlenlicrg, 
Collector,  Carpenters'  Hall,  Chestnut  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.  Jan- 
uary ist,  1817,  John  Steele,  Collector,  west  side  of  Second  street,  corner  of 
Elmslie's  alley,  below  Dock  street.  1845,  Henry  Horn;  Collector,  United 
States  Bank  building,  Chestnut  street  above  Fourth,  where  it  still  remains. 

1  i  C.  R.,  297.  2  I  C.  R.,  503.  "See  ist  Logan  Papers,  281. 

*  Memoirs  of  the  Historical  Society,  4  Vol.,  380.          5  I  Archives,  385. 

6  I  C.  R.,  149.        7 1  Archives,  117.         8  I  C.  R.,  501.         9  I   C.  R.,  505-6. 

10  Logan  Papers,  34.         n  I  Proud,  290. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


133 


William  Macpherson,          appointed 
Walter  Stewart,  in  office 

Major  William  Jackson,      appointed 
Dr.  William  Bache,  " 

James  Glentworth,  in  office 

William  Duncan,  " 

George  W.  Riter,  appointed 

J.  Washington  Tyson,  " 

John  G.  Watmough,  " 

Thomas  A.  Cooper,1  " 

John  Davis,  of  Bucks  Co., 

William  B.  Norris,  in  office 

Gen.  Reuben  Charles  Hale,      " 
John  Hamilton,  Jr.,  " 

E.  Reed  Myer,    *  " 

William  Harbeson,  " 

Edward  O'Meara  Goodrich,  *  appointed 


Sept.  19,  1789 
1793  to  1796 
Jan.  14,  1796 
—  --  ,  1803 
001.24,1814-29 
1829  to  1838 
1838  to  1841 
-  —  ,  1841 
Oct.  —  ,  1841 
--  ,  1844 
1845  to 


1849 
--  ,  1853 
--  ,  1857 
--  ,  1861 
-  —  ,  1867 
April  23,  1869 


U.   S.   Shipping  Commissioners. 

See  Act  of  "June  7,   1872. 

Capt.  John  H.  Young,3     appointed         June  — ,   1872 
William  L.  James,  "  April  n,  1880 


Naval  Officers, 

PORT   OF    PHILADELPHIA. 


Robert  Assheton, 
Dr.  Thomas  Graeme,4 
Robert  Charles,6 
Dr.  Thomas  Graeme, 
Dr.  Frederick  Phile, 
Dr.  David  Finney, 
David  Finney,6 
Richard  Hockley, 
Gov.  Richard  Penn,7 
George  Bryan, 
Dr.  Frederick  Phile,8 
William  Macpherson, 


in  office 


1717    to 

1727    to 
before  — , 
1740    to 
1770  and 
before  — , 
Nov.    4, 
1773  and 
1775    to 
June  — , 
April    5, 
1791    to 


1727 

1731 
1761 

1771 

1773 
1773 
1774 
1776 
1776 
1777 
1813 


1  Mr.  Cooper  was  the  distinguished  actor.       2Died,  Jan.  28,  1881,  aged  56. 
aDied  April  5,  1880,  aged  72. 

*IX.    Pa.    Archives,   (2nd  series),  738;  Thomas  Graeme,   vice  Assheton, 
deceased,  1727,  1740,1701. 

5  Ramie's  Equity,  Appendix,  p.  32. 

6  A  son  of  Dr.  David  Finney ;    10  C.  R.,  109. 

7  The  Governor  appointed  himself,  the  salary  was  ^600;  IV.  Pa.  Archives, 
600.     He  was  the  last  person  to  hold  this  office  under  the  Crown. 

8  See  V.  Pa.  Archives,  298;  re-commissioned  Nov.  9,  1787;  called  Phyle. 

18 


134  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Samuel  Clarke,  in  office           1813    to    1824 

William  Jones,  1824    to    1826 

Philip  S.  Markley,  1826    to    1829 

John  Pembefton,  April  — ,  1829 

John  Horn,  1838    to    1840 

Alexander  Ferguson,  Sept.  — ,  1840 

Bela  Badger,1  April  14,  1841 

Dr.  Joel  B.  Sutherland,  Nov.   18,  1842 

Henry  Welsh,2  May  — ,    1845 

Col.  Peter  C.  Kllmaker,3  May  — ,   1849 

N.  P.  Eldred,  1853    to    1857 

Chambers  McKibben,  1857    to    1861 

Edward  Wallace,  1861    to    1866 

Joseph  R.  Flanigen,  1866    to    1867 

Col.  DeWitt  Clinton  Baxter,    "  1867    to    1871 

John  A.  Hiestand,  "               March  i,  1871 

Ex-Gov.  James  Pollock,4  "                Feb'y  7,    1879 


Navy  Agents. 

Office  created  by  Act  of  Congress. 
Act  of  May  15,  1820,  fixed  the  term  of  office  at  four  years. 

George  Harrison,5  appointed          Nov.   21,   1799 

Henry  Toland,  "  March  3,  1833 

Michael  Woolston  Ash,6  "  March  9,  1837 

Capt.  Thomas  Hayes,7  "  March  15, 1841 

Samuel  D.  Patterson,  March  15, 1845 

William  Sloanaker,  "  March  15, 1849 

Alfred  Day,  "  March  30, 1853 

William  Badger,8  "  March3i,i857 

James  S.  Chambers,9  "  July   19,    1861 

1  Rejected  by  the  Senate  on  Sept.  I,  1841. 
'•'Appointed  in  May,  1845;  confirmed  February,  1846. 

5  The  military  titles  that  I  have  given  gentlemen  in  this  work,  are  those 
they  earned  in  service  in  thtf  field,  and  which  they  are  justly  entitled  to  bear. 

4  Ex-Governor  of  Pennsylvania;  not  confirmed  by  the  Senate  on  its  adjourn- 
ment on  March  4,  1879.  Re-nominated  March  n,  1879,  and  confirmed  April 
4,  1879.  The  Naval  Officer  is  an  officer  of  the  U.  S.  Customs.  See  Statutes 
at  Large,  506.  Act  of  March  2,  1799.  Term  of  office,  four  years. 

5 See  Navy  Register,  1828.  Born,  1760;  died,  1845,  aged  85.  In  office 
from  1799  to  1833. 

6  Resigned,  Jan.  8,  1841. 

7  Died,  Aug.  17,  1849. 
"Re-commissioned  on  May  20,  1858. 

9  Removed,  Dec.  26,  1864,  (Navy  Register,   1865),  and  office  abolished. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  135 

Directors  of  the  United  States  Mint, 

AT  PHILADELPHIA. 

Established  by  Act  of  Congress  of  April  2,  1792. 

This  officer  is  now  called  Superintendent  of  the  Philadelphia 
Mint,  an  office  of  "  Director  of  the  United  States  Mints,"  having 
been  established  by  an  Act  of  Congress  in  1873. 

David  Rittenhouse,1         commissioned  April  14,  1792 

Henry  William  DeSaussure,      "  July    8,  1795 

Elias  Boudinot,  "  Oct.    28,  1795 

Robert  Patterson,  "  Jan'y  17,  1806 

Dr.  Samuel  Moore,2  "  July   15,  1824 

Dr.  Robert Maskell Patterson, 3  "  May   27,  1835 

Ex-Gov.  Joseph  Ritner,4  "  Mar..  — ,  1848 

George  N.  Eckert,  "  June  30,  1851 

Thomas  McKean  Pettit,  "  April   4,  1853 

James  Ross  Snowden,  "  June    3,  1853 

Ex-Gov.  James  Pollock,  "  April   4,  1861 

William  Millward,  not  confirmed,  Oct.     i,  1866 

Dr.  Henry  R.  Linderman,5  commissioned  April    i,  1867 

Ex-Governor  James  Pollock,     "  May    i,  1869 

Archibald  Loudon  Snowden,    "  March  i,  1879 

The  Register's  Court 

AND   THE   REGISTER   OF   WILLS. 
BY    FURMAN    SHEPPARD. 

\_Reprinted  by  permission,  from  a  paper  book.] 

The  statutory  provisions  relative  to  the  determination  of  dis- 
puted matters  before  the  Register  of  Wills,  and  the  Register's 
Court,  are  under  the  Act  of  March  15,  1832,  "  Relating  to  Regis- 
ters and  Registers'  Courts;"  P.  L.,  146.  Section  13,  Pardon, 
loth  edition,  406,  pi.  8,  enacts  as  follows: 

"  Whenever  a  caveat  shall  be  entered  against  the  admission  of  any  testa- 
mentary writing  to  probate,  and  the  person  entering  the  same  shall  allege 
as  the  ground  thereof  any  matter  of  fact  touching  the  validity  of  such  writing, 

1  The  corner-stone  of  the  first  United  States  Mint  was  laid  July  31,  1792,  by 
David  Rittenhouse,  Director,  on  Seventh  street,  above  Sugar  Alley,  Philadel- 
phia.    Of  the  present  Mint,  July  4th,  1829. 

2  Patterson's  son-in-law.         3  Dr.  Moore's  brother-in-law. 

4  Joseph  Ritner  was  appointed  by  Gen.  Taylor,  in  March,  1848,  and  served 
for  a  short  period,  but  the  President  dying  before  the  Senate  had  confirmed 
him,  Mr.   Fillmore  preferred  retaining  Dr.   Patterson,  who  resigned  July  I, 
1851,  and  died  soon  afterwards. 

5  Dr.  Linderman  was  commissioned  Director  of  the  United  States  Mints  in 
1873.     He  died  in  February,  1879,  and  Horatio  C.  Burchard,  of  Illinois,  was 
commissioned  February  27,  1879. 


136  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Register,  at  the  request  of  any  person  interested,  to 
issue  a  precept  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  respective  county,  direct- 
ing an  issue  to  be  formed  upon  said  fact,  or  facts,  and  also  upon  such  others  as 
may  be  lawfully  objected  to  the  said  writing  in  the  following  fdnn,  namely." 

Section  25,  of  the  same  Act,  Purdon,  1255,  pi.  20,  is  as  follows:  "When- ob- 
jections are  made,  or  a  caveat  is  entered  against  the  probate  of  any  last  Will  and 
Testament,  and  no  precept  for  an  issue  is  directed  by  the  Register,  into  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  as  aforesaid ;  or  where  objections  are  made  to  the 
granting  of  letters  of  administration  to  any  person  applying  therefor;  or  where 
any  question  of  kindred,  or  other  disputable  and  difficult  matter  comes  into  con- 
troversy, before  any  Register,  he  shall,  at  the  request  of  any  person  interested, 
appoint  a  Register's  Court  for  the  decision  thereof,  to  be  held  at  a  time  certain, 
and  as  soon  as  convenient,  at  the  Court  House,  or  other  public  place,  in  (Ir- 
respective county,  giving  convenient  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  holding 
the  same,  by  citation  or  otherwise,  to  all  concerned,  as  well  as  to  the  persons 
interested,  as  to  the  Judges  whose  assistance  he  shall  require,  and  in  the  mean- 
time he  shall  do  and  receive  all  proper  Acts  preparatory  to  the  business  of  such 
Court." 

Section  40,  of  the  same  Act,  Purdon,  p.  1256,  pi.  21,  declares  that,  "The 
testimony  of  all  witnesses  examined  in  any  cause  litigated  before  any  Register's 
Court,  shall  be  taken  in  writing,  and  made  part  of  the  proceedings  therein, 
upon  which  the  Court  having  jurisdiction  of  such  cause  by  appeal,  may  affirm, 
reverse,  alter  or  modily  the  decree  of  the  Register's  Court." 
,  Section  41,  Pzirdon,  p.  1256,  pi.  22,  enacts  that,  "  Whenever  a  dispute  upon 
a  matter  of  fact  arises  before  any  Register's  Court,  the  said  Court  shall,  at  the 
request  of  either  party,  direct  a  precept  for  an  issue  to  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  of  the  County  for  the  trial  thereof,  in  the  form  hereinbefore  prescribed 
for  the  direction  of  Registers,  changing  such  parts  thereof  as  should  be  changed, 
according  to  the  circumstances  of  the  case;  and  facts  established  by  the  ver- 
dict returned  shall  not  be  re-examined  on  any  appeal." 

Some  light  may  perhaps  be  thrown  on  these  provisions  by  trac- 
ing their  origin  and  history  in  the  legislation  of  the  State  on  the 
subject,  which  may  be  indicated  as  follows  :  In  the  Charter  of 
Charles  II.  to  William  Penn,  there  is  the  following  provision  : 
"  And  we  likewise  give  and  grant  unto  the  said  William  Penn  and 
his  Heirs,  and  to  his  and  their  deputies  and  lieutenants,  such 
power  and  authoritie  to  appoint  and  establish  Judges  and  Justices, 
Magistrates  and  officers  whatsoever,  for  what  cause  soever,  for  the 
probates  of  Wills  and  for  the  granting  of  administrations,  within 
the  precincts  aforesaid,  and  with  what  power  soever,  and  in  such 
form  as  to  the  said  William  Penn  or  his  heirs  shall  seem  most  con- 
venient." See  Duke  of  Yorke's  Book  of  Laws,  Harrisburg,  1879, 
page  83. 

The  first  legislative  provision  on  the  subject  subsequent  to  the 
Charter,  seems  to  be  the  Act  of  Assembly  passed  in  the  year  1705, 
entitled,  "An  Act  concerning  the  probates  of  written  and  nun- 
cupative Wills,  and  for  confirming  devises  of  lands,"  in  i  Smith's 
Laws,  33,  the  8th  section  of  which,  page  35,  is  as  follows: 

"  And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  there  shall  be  an  officer  called  Register- 
General,  to  be  commissioned  by  the  Governor,  from  time  to  time,  for  the  pro- 
bate of  Wills,  and  granting  letters  of  administration  in  this  Province;  which 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  137 

Register-General  shall  keep  his  office  at  Philadelphia,  and  shall  from  time  to 
time,  constitute  a  sufficient  deputy  to  officiate  for  him  in  each  of  the  other 
counties  of  this  Province,  who,  being  by  him  deputed,  shall  be,  and  are  by  this 
Act  empowered  to  take  probate  of  Wills  and  grant  letters  of  administration  in 
the  respective  counties,  as  fully  and  amply  as  the  Register-General  himself 
ever  could  or  can  do,  according  to  the  powers  granted  by  the  Royal  Charter  of 
the  late  King  Charles  II.  Which  Deputies  shall  have  and  use  a  common 
Seal,  to  be  provided  at  the  charge  of  the  respective  counties  where  they  serve, 
with  like  inscriptions  as  is,  or  shall  be,  upon  the  Seal  of  the  Register-General's 
office  at  Philadelphia.  Provided"  &c. 

This  Act  was  followed  by  another,  passed  June  7,  1712,  which 
will  be  found  in  Peter  Miller 's  Laws,  Vol.  1.,  p.  50.  It  is  not 
contained  in  Smith' s  Laws,  as  it  is  a  repealed  Act,  but  is  referred 
to  therein  in  Vol.  L,  p.  36,  n.  x.  By  this  last-mentioned  Act  it  is 
provided  as  follows  : 

"  And  be  it  further  enacted,  that  where  objections  are  made,  or  caveats  en- 
tered against  proving  any  Will  or  granting  letters  of  administration  ;  and  where 
there  is  or  shall  be  occasion  to  take  the  final  accounts  of  executors  or  adminis- 
trators, or  make  distribution  of  decedents'  estates,  the  Register- General  and  his 
Deputies,  respectively,  shall,  in  every  case,  call  to  their  assistance  two  or  more 
of  the  Justices  of  the  said  Courts  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  county  where  they 
are  concerned,  who  are  hereby  empowered  and  required  to  give  their  assistance 
accordingly,  to  decide  the  said  caveats  and  matters  in  controversy,  settle  the 
said  accounts,  to  make  distributions,  and  do  all  other  judicial  acts,  as  do  or 
shall  belong,  or  ought  of  right  to  be  done  by  any  person  or  persons  having 
power  by  law  to  take  probate  of  Wills,  and  grant  letters  of  administration." 

There  does  not  appear  to  have  been  any  other  legislation  on  the 
subject  until  the  adoption  of  the  State  Constitution  of  1776,  the 
34th  section  of  which  declared  that  a  "  Register's  office  for  the 
probate  of  Wills  and  granting  letters  of  administration,  and  an 
office  for  recording  of  Deeds,  shall  be  kept  in  each  city  and 
county."  This  language  does  not  establish  a  Register's  Court. 

In  the  succeeding  year,  the  offices  of  Register  and  Recorder 
having  been  displaced,  by  the  change  of  State  government,  were 
re-established  under  the  Constitution,  by  the  Act  of  March  14, 
1777  ;  i  Smith' s  Laws,  443. 

Subsequently,  on  Feb.  28,  1780,  an  Act  was  passed  entitled, 
"An  Act  for  Erecting  an  High  Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals." 
It  will  be  found  in  McKean 's  Laws  of  Pa.,  270.  The  8th  sec- 
tion of  the  Act  is  as  follows  : 

"  And  be  it  further  enacted, -by  the  authority  aforesaid,  that  upon  hearing  of 
any  cause  litigated  before  the  Register  of  Wills  and  for  granting  of  administra- 
tions, the  depositions  of  the  several  witnesses  examined  therein  shall  be  in 
writing,  and  made  a  part  of  the  proceedings  in  the  cause ;  upon  which  the  said 
Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals  may  reverse  the  decree  of  the  said  Register  for 
any  error,  arising  either  in  fact  or  law  or  affirm  the  same,  according  to  the 
merits  and  justice  of  the  case." 

It   will  be  observed    that   the   reversal    may  be  based  either 


138  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

upon  fact  or  upon  law.     In  Section  9  of  the  Act  it  is  declared 
as  follows : 

"  Prmrided,  &c.,  That  if  the  said  Register,  upon  a  dispute  upon  the  facts 
arising  before  him,  shall  send  an  issue  into  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the 
County,  to  try  the  said  facts,  which  he  shall  do  at  the  request  of  either  party, 
and  if  a  verdict  establishing  the  said  facts  be  returned,  the  said  facts  shall  not 
be  re-examined  on  appeal;  and  that  no  appeal  from  the  decree  of  the  -aid 
Register  concerning  the  validity  of  the  Will  or  the  right  to  administer,  shall 
stay  the  proceedings  or  prejudice  the  act  of  any  executor  or  administrator 
pending  the  same,  provided  the  executor  shall  give  sufficient  security  for  the 
faithful  execution  of  the  Will  and  Testament  to  the  said  Register;  but  in  i-asr 
of  refusal,  the  said  Register  is  hereby  directed  to  grant  letters  of  administration 
during  the  dispute,  which  shall  suspend  the  power  of  such  executor  during  that 


This  section  separates  fact  from  law,  and  provides  a  mode  of 
conclusively  settling  the  former. 

The  Act  above  mentioned  was  repealed  by  the  22nd  Section  of 
the  Act  of  April  13,  1791,  hereinafter  cited;  but  it  appears  to  be 
the  first  appearance  in  our  Legislature  of  the  language  of  the  41  st 
Section  of  the  present  Act  of  1832,  and  it  will  be  observed  that 
that  language  is  here  applied  to  the  Register.  It  is  evident,  there- 
fore, that  the  language,  does  not  refer  to,  or  imply,  a  Court,  or 
judicial  proceedings,  or  judicial  discretion,  for  it  is  used  here  with 
reference  to  a  lay  officer,  and  to  non-judicial  proceedings,  and  its 
obvious  intent  was  to  give  a  positive  right,  as  against  the  officer, 
and  to  displace  all  discretion  on  his  part.  The  significance  of 
the  language,  so  far,  at  least,  as  verbal  interpretation  is  concerned, 
and  the  aim  and  purport  of  the  provision,  cannot  surely  be  essen- 
tially changed  by  merely  changing,  as  was  subsequently  done,  the 
person  to  whom  the  language  is  addressed,  and  by  transferring  its 
application  from  the  Register  to  the  Register's  Court. 

Next  followed  the  State  Constitution  of  1790,  which,  in  Article 
V.  Section  u,  declared  that  "a  Register's  office  for  the  probate 
of  Wills  and  granting  letters  of  administration  and  an  office  for 
recording  Deeds,  shall  be  kept  in  each  county;"  and  in  Section 
7  of  same  article,  declared  that  "the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  of  each  county,  any  two  of  whom  shall  be  a  quorum, 
shall  compose  the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace  and 
Orphans'  Court  thereof,  and  the  Register  of  Wills,  together  with 
the  said  Judges,  or  any  two  of  them,  shall  compose  the  Register's 
Court  of  each  county." 

This  is  the  first  constitutional  establishment  and  recognition  of 
a  Register's  Court,  for  we  have  already  seen  that  the  Constitution 
of  1776  speaks  only  of  "a  Register's  office." 

Next  follows  an  "Act  to  establish  the  Judicial  Courts  of  this 
Commonwealth,  in  conformity  with  the  alterations  and  amend- 
ments in  the  Constitution."  passed  April  13,  1791  ;  in  3  Smith's 
Laws,  28.  The  i8th  Section  is  as  follows: 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  139 

"  And  be  it  further  enacted  on  the  authority  aforesaid,  that  upon  the  hearing 
of  any  cause  litigated  before  the  said  Register's  Court,  the  depositions  of  the 
several  witnesses  examined  therein  shall  be  taken  in  writing,  and  made  part 
of  the  proceedings  in  the  cause,  upon  which  the  said  High  Court  of  Errors  and 
Appeals  may  reverse  the  decree  of  the  said  Register's  Court,  for  any  error 
arising  either  in  law  or  fact,  or  affirm  the  same,  according  to  the  merits  and 
justice  of  the  case.  Provided,  always,  that  if  the  Register's  Court,  upon  a  dis- 
pute upon  facts  arising  before  them,  shall  send  an  issue  into  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  to  try  the  said  facts,  which  they  shall  do  at  the  request  of  either 
party,  and  a  verdict  establishing  the  said  facts  be  returned,  the  said  facts  shall 
not  be  re-examined  on  appeal;  and  that  no  appeal  from  the  decree  of  the  said 
Register's  Courts,  concerning  the  validity  ot  a  Will,  or  the  right  to  administer, 
shall  stay  proceedings  or  prejudice  the  acts  of  any  executor  or  administrator 
pending  the  same,  provided  the  executor  shall  give  sufficient  security  for  the 
faithful  execution  of  the  Will  and  Testament  to  the  Register ;  but  in  case  of 
refusal  the  said  Register  is  hereby  directed  to  grant  letters  of  administration 
during  the  dispute,  which  shall  suspend  the  power  of  the  executor  during  that 
time." 

It  will  he  observed  that  the  foregoing  section  transfers  and 
applies  to  the  Register's  Court,  the  language  which  by  the  above- 
cited  Act  of  1780,  was  applied  to  the  Register,  and  that  it  also 
continues  the  distinction  between  law  and  fact,  and  the  difference 
in  the  mode  of  dealing  with  each  respectively. 

The  foregoing  Act  continued  in  force  until  the  passage  of  the 
revised  Act  of  March  15,  1832,  "  Relating  to  Registers  and 
Registers'  Courts;  P.  L.,  135. 

The  40th  Section  of  this  Act  [Purdon,  p.  1256,  pi.  21,]  is  as 
follows  :  "  The  testimony  of  all  witnesses  examined  in  any  cause 
litigated  before  any  Register's  Court,  shall  be  taken  in  writing 
and  made  a  part  of  the  proceedings  therein,  upon  which  testimony 
the  Court  having  jurisdiction  of  such  cause,  by  appeal  may  affirm, 
reverse,  alter  or  modify  the  decree  of  the  Register's  Court."  The 
4ist  Section  \Purdon,  p.  1256,  pi.  22]  declares  that  "whenever 
a  dispute  upon  a  matter  of  fact  arises  before  any  Register's  Court, 
the  said  Court  shall  at  the  request  of  either  party,  direct  a  precept 
for  an  issue  to  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  County,  for  the 
trial  thereof,  in  the  form  prescribed  for  the  direction  of  Registers, 
changing  such  parts  thereof  as  should  be  changed  according  to 
the  circumstances  of  the  case  ;  and  the  facts  established  by  the 
verdict  returned,  shall  not  be  re-examined  on  any  appeal."  The 
distinction  between  law  and  fact,  is  by  these  provisions  still 
maintained. 

"  The  Act  of  1832  is  not  of  very  easy,  consistent  interpretation," 
as  was  said  by  Thompson,  C.  J.,  in  21  P.  F.  Smith,  413.  It  may 
be  well,  therefore,  with  reference  to  the  two  sections  of  it  above 
mentioned,  to  quote  the  observations  made  by  the  revisers  in  their 
report.  See  2  Parke  &°  Johnson' 's  Digest,  869. 

"  The  residue  of  the  Bill  relates  to  the  Register's  Courts.  It  is  to  be  com- 
posed of  the  Register  and  any  two  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of 


140  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

the  respective  county.  This  is  the  provision  of  the  Constitution,  sec  Article  V. 
Sec.  7  (Purdon,  703,  705).  The  powers  and  jurisdiction  of  the  Court  are 
there  described.  In  substance  they  are  those  contained  in  the  Act  of  June  7, 
17 '12;  Purdon,  703,  n.  The  Register  is  required  to  record  the  proceedings  of 
his  Courts  in  a  book,  and  to  frame  a  sufficient  index  thereto.  This  last  provi- 
sion is  new,  but  of  obvious  utility.  The  testimony  of  witnesses  examined  in 
these  Courts,  is  to  be  committed  to  writing,  and  error  in  law,  or  in  fact,  may 
be  assigned  therein.  These  provisions  are  from  the  Act  of  April  13,  1791, 
Sec.  18  (Purdon,  704).  The  Court,  on  the  request  of  a  party,  is  required  to 
direct  a  precept  into  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  for  the  trial  of  disputed  facts 
in  the  manner  prescribed  for  the  direction  of  the  Registers.  The  verdict  re- 
turned is  made  conclusive  of  the  facts  established  thereby.  (Purdon,  704)." 

With  reference  to  the  section  of  the  Act  providing  for  the 
issuing  of  a  precept  by  the  Register  to  the  Common  Pleas,  the 
revisers  in  their  report  above  referred  to,  have  indicated  their 
view  of  the  scope  and  purpose  of  the  Act,  and  thus  afforded  a 
key  to  its  proper  construction.  Their  explanatory  remarks,  as 
follows,  will  be  found  in  Parke  &  Johnson,  864. 

"  The  preceding  sections  having  provided  the  means  of  compelling  the  pro- 
duction of  Wills  for  probate,  and  the  attendance  of  witnesses;  having  also  sup- 
plied certain  rules  for  the  direction  of  Registers  in  matters  of  evidence,  provi- 
sion is  made  in  this  section  for  the  decision  of  controversies,  which  by  existing 
laws  require  the  intervention  of  a  jury.  When  opposition  is  intended  to  the 
admission  of  a  testamentary  writing  to  probate,  the  practice  is  to  lodge  with  the 
Register  what  is  termed  a  caveat.  The  Register  thereupon  convenes  a  Regis- 
ter's Court,  according  to  the  direction  of  the  Act  of  June  7,  1712,  (Purdon,  703, 
n.).  If  the  legal  sufficiency  of  the  writing,  or  conclusions  of  law  from  admitted 
facts  only  are  in  controversy,  that  Court  is  the  proper  tribunal,  and  competent 
to  the  decision  of  the  entire  question.  But  when  the  controversy  relates,  as  it 
frequently  does,  to  extrinsic  facts,  such  as  the  capacity  or  incapacity  of  the 
supposed  testator,  the  Court  is  required  by  the  Act  of  April  13,  1791,  Sec.  18, 
Purdon,  704,  to  send,  at  the  request  of  a  party,  an  issue  intq  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  for  the  trial  of  the  facts  in  dispute.  As  the  Court  can  in  such 
case  exercise  no  discretion,  the  direction  of  the  Act  of  June  7,  1712,  seems 
unnecessary.  The  section  now  the  subject  of  remark,  proposes  an  alteration 
of  the  practice  in  this  particular.  For  this  purpose  it  authorizes  the  Register, 
in  all  cases  where  any  matter  of  fact  touching  the  validity  of  a  testamentary 
writing  shall  be  alleged  as  the  ground  of  caveat,  to  send  at  the  request  of  a  party 
a  precept  in  the  name  of  the  Commonwealth  to  the  Court  of  Common  I'leas 
directing  an  issue.  The  form  of  the  precept  is  given,  and  the  result  of  the  trial 
is  made  conclusive  of  the  facts  established  by  it.  By  this  method  circuity  and 
some  inconvenience  and  delay  will  be  avoided.  The  precept  has  been  framed 
with  a  view  to  the  exigency.  It  is  unnecessary  to  remark  upon  its  contents  in 
detail.  The  course  of  the  proceeding  required  by  the  precept  is  left  to  the 
practice  of  the  Court  to  which  it  is  sent.  Detail  in  this  particular  would  have 
been  inconsistent  with  necessary  brevity,  and  also  would  have  introduced  mat- 
ters inappropriate  to  its  title.  With  this  section  the  proceedings  preliminary  to 
probate  conclude."  In  questions  of  law,  or  of  conclusions  of  law  from  ad- 
mitted facts,  the  determination  is  solely  by  the  Court.  But  where  the  contro- 
versy relates  to  extrinsic  facts,  the  Court  is  required,  upon  request,  to  send  an 
issue  to  the  Common  Pleas. 

It  will  also  be  observed  that  the  language  of  the  Act  of  1791, 
referred  to  by  the  revisers,  is  of  a  double  aspect,  for  it  apparently 


or  PHILADELPHIA.  141 

contains  an  element  of  discretion — "  if  the  Register's  Court,  upon 
a  dispute  upon  facts  arising  before  them,  shall  send  an  issue,"  etc.; 
and  it  contains,  secondly,  a  positive  command,  "  which  they 
shall  do  at  the  request  of  either  party."  It  will  also  be  seen  that 
the  revisers  appear  to  have  wholly  rejected  the  element  of  discre- 
tion, and  to  have  retained  only  the  positive  command,  unqualified 
by,  and  detached  from  the  previously  subsisting  discretion,  thus 
markedly  indicating  by  an  emphatic  centra-distinction,  that  the 
imperative  feature  of  the  statute,  as  modified  by  them,  was  deliber- 
ately intended  to  exclude  the  discretionary  feature.  This  may 
throw  some  light  upon  the  meaning  of  the  revisers  when  they  say 
in  their  explanatory  remarks,  that  by  the  Act  reported  by  them, 
"Where  the  controversy  relates  to  extrinsic  facts,  the  Court  is 
required  to  send  at  the  request  of  a  party,  an  issue  into  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  for  the  trial  of  the  facts  in  dispute,"  and  the 
Court  "  can  in  such  case  exercise  no  discretion." 

The  Surveyors  and  Regulators 

OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

Before  giving  a  sketch  of  what  is  now  "The  Department  of 
Surveys,"  I  would  state  the  Surveyors-General  were  evidently  the 
chief  surveyors  of  the  City  as  well  as  of  the  State,  and  surveyed 
and  laid  out  all  the  lots  of  the  purchasers  and  others,  and  that  this 
continued  until  the  Revolution.  We  all  know  that  Thomas 
Holme  made  the  original  plan  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  and 
surveyed  the  lots,  as  did  also  Edward  Penington  and  Thomas 
Fairman.  On  Dec.  14,  1719,  Jacob  Taylor  was  employed  to  run 
the  streets  of  the  city,  and  in  1737,  Benjamin  Eastburn  was 
appointed  by  the  Common  Council  one  of  the  Regulators  of  the 
Streets,  etc.,  and  altered  the  plan  of  the  city  streets.1  After  this 
date  the  Surveyor-General,  for  the  time  being,  was  always 
appointed  one  of  the  Regulators.  I  have  no  means  of  knowing 
whether  before  1782,  any  one  except  the  Surveyors-General  sur- 
veyed and  laid  out  the  building  lots  in  this  city;  but  in  the  year 
1774,  David  Rittenhouse  and  Edward  Bonsall,  two  skilful  survey- 
ors, were  appointed  with  others,  Regulators  of  ''  Party  Walls, 
Buildings  and  Partition  Fences." 

From  an  old  manuscript2  of  16^  pages,  all  in  the  handwriting 
of  the  late  James  Pearson  (except  the  first  four  pages,  which  were 
written  by  Reading  Howell,  and  a  foot-note  on. the  third  page, 
by  Alphonso  C.  Ireland),  appointed  one  of  the  City  Surveyors, 

1  See  an  Explanation  of  this  Map  of  the  City  and  Liberties  of  Philadelphia, 
by  John  Reed,  Philadelphia,  Sept.  I,  1774. 

2  This  old  MS.  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Spencer  Bonsall,  late  Chief  Sur- 
veyor of  the  city,  a  great-grandson  of  the  above-mentioned   Edward  Bonsall, 
who  was  appointed  Surveyor  and  Regulator  in  1774,  and  who  died  I  mo.  23d, 
1826,  in  the  88th  year  of  his  age. 

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142  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

under  the  Act  of  1782,  I  copy  the  following  interesting  account 
of  the  Regulators  of  the  Streets,  etc.,  from  1698  to  1774,  which 
I  will  continue,  and  to  which  I  propose  to  add  a  list  of  those 
whom  the  authorities  I  have  consulted  and  the  surveys  in  the  De- 
partment point  out  as  the  Principal  Surveyors  of  the  City,  and  a 
list  of  those  appointed  Regulators  of  Party  Walls,  Streets,  etc.,  at 
different  times.  I  give  here  a  copy  of  the  old  manuscript  re- 
ferred to,  in  full,  viz  : 

"  The  earliest  direction  that  I  find  in  Pennsylvania  for  appoint- 
ing Regulators  of  the  streets,  is  by  a  Law  passed  the  loth  William 
III.,  1698,  as  follows:  Forasmuch  as  the  Ornament  of  Towns  & 
Conveniency  &  health  of  the  Inhabitants  so  much  depend  upon 
the  due  Regulacion  of  Streets  and  Landing  places,  and  that  the 
said  Streets  &  Landing  places  &  Water  Courses  may  be  Effectu- 
ally Regulated  &  repaired, 

Be  it  Enacted  by  the  Proprie'y  &  Governor  &  With  the  advice  &  Consent 
of  ye  firemen  of  this  province  &  territories  in  General  Assembly  met  &  by  the 
Authority  of  the  Same,  That  it  shall  &  may  be  Lawful  for  the  Gov'r  for  the 
time  being  with  four  of  the  Council,  from  time  to  time  to  Nominate  &  Appoint 
such  &  so  many  as  he  &  they  shall  think  needful  of  the  Substantial  Inhabitants 
of  the  said  towns  respectively  as  often  as  Occasion  shall  be,  to  Regulate  the 
said  Streets  &  Water  Courses,  and  to  Order  the  pitching  &  Paving  thereoff,  as 
also  the  clearing  of  docks,  where  such  may  be,  &  repairing  landing  places  & 
Bridges  in  the  said  towns,  Provided  that  all  water  Courses  underground  in  such 
towns  as  aforesaid  shall  be  arched  &  laid  with  brick  or  stone;  and  for  defray- 
ing the  charge  of  Pitching,  paving,  Gravelling  &  Regulacion  of  sd  Street.^  \ 
Scouring  &  Cleaning  the  docks,  Each  Inhabitant  Shall  Pay  toward  the  same  in 
Proportion  to  the  Number  of  feet  his  or  her  or  their  lotts  or  land  Adjoining  on 
each  or  either  side  of  the  Said  Streets  or  docks  ;  &  for  Repairing  landing  places. 
Bridges,  making  Common  Shores,  Sewers  &  Paving,  Pitching,  Gravelling  \ 
Regulating  any  Part  of  the  streets  or  Scouring  &  Cleaning  Any  Part  of  the 
docks  belonging  to  the  Public,  each  inhabitant  in  the  said  Respective  town  or 
Place  Shall  Pay  his  her  or  their  proportional  Rates  according  to  their  estates  in 
each  town. 

These  Regulators  with  the  advice  and  Assistance  of  the  Justices 
of  the  Peace  of  the  Respective  Counties  or  at  least  two  of  them 
were  Impowered  to  Levy  a  Tax  for  the  public  purposes  aforesaid 
&  enforce  payment  &c.  and  further  enacts  '  That  each  &  every 
owner  &  Inhabitant  of  any  &  Every  house  in  Philadelphia,  New- 
Castle  &  Chester  shall  plant  one  or  more  tree  or  trees,  viz,  Pines, 
unbearing  Mulberries,  Water  Poplars,  Lime  or  other  shady  & 
Wholesome  Trees  before  the  door  of  his  her  or  their  House  or 
Houses,  That  the  Houses  may  be  well  shaded  from  the  Violence 
of  the  Sun — And  rendered  more  Healthy.' — Vide  Manuscript  Laws 
of  Pennsylvania,  page  64,  <5rv.,  Book  C,  page  57. 

'•  In  Council  Ijth  May,  1699 — Win.  Markham,  Esqr.  Leivt  Governor." 
See  i  C.  R.,  and  ed.,  559. 

"  PETITION  about  ye  Streetts. — Upon  reading  the  petion  of  several  of  the 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  143 

Inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Philadelphia,  setting  forth  the  neglect  of  Levelling 
the  streets  &  ordering  the  Currents  y'of,  &  the  annoyance  of  the  inhabitants  by 
obstruction  of  the  said  Currents  and  yrfor  requesting  ye  Gov.  &  Council  to 
appoint  psons  to  remedie  ye  same  according  to  Law.  Ordered  that  Edward 
Shippen,  Joshua  Carpenter,  John  Jones,  Charles  Read,  Jno.  Parsons,  Wm. 
Southebe  &  Robert  Turner,  or  anie  foure  of  them,  do  with  all  expedion  psue 
y«  Law  made  in  the  year  1698  entituled  The  Law  for  regulating  streetts  & 
water-courses  in  the  cities  &  towns  of  this  governm* ;  &  that  they  begin  with 
the  High  street  wharff,  The  Currents  between  Robert  Yieldall's  &  the  widow 
Borden's,  &  the  Currents  &  Wharf  of  Humphrey  &  John  Morrey's1  &  Wm.  Hearr." 

In  Council  ad  Mo.  4th,  1701.    Present  The  Proprietary  and  Governour. 

On  Petition  of  severeal  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Philada  representing  the  great 
inconveniency  the  Town  in  general  lies  under  and  '  more  Particularly  the  In- 
habitants near  the  end  of  High  Street  on  Delaware  by  its  being  broken  down 
and  wash1  away,'  &c.  ORDERED  that  in  persuance  of  the  Act  for  the 
Regulating  the  Cities  and  Towns  of  this  Government,  that  '  a  Commission  be 
forthwith  directed  to  Francis  Cook,  James  Atkinson,  Charles  Read,  Jonathan 
Dickinson,  Thomas  Masters  and  John  Parsons,  to  regulate  the  Streets  &  Water 
courses  of  the  Town  of  Philadelphia,  and  generally  to  transact  and  perform  all 
the  Several  particulars  for  which  power  is  given  by  Said  Act.' 

Extracts  from  the  Commission. — Book  C,  page  85  &c.  [2  C.  ^.,and  ed.,  23.] 
As  often  as  occasion  shall  be  to  Regulate  the  streets  &  water  courses  of  the 
Town  of  Philadelphia  and  to  order  the  pitching,  paving  and  Graveling  thereof 
&c.,  And  for  defraying  the  Charges  of  such  regulations  I  do  hereby  require  you 
or  any  Four  of  you  with  the  advice  and  assistance  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace 
of  the  County  of  Philadelphia  or  at  least  Two  of  them,  to  calculate  and  com- 
pute the  said  charges  and  there  upon  with  the  assent  of  me  and  Four  of  the 
Council  equally  to  lay  rates  &c.  Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  at  Philadelphia 
ad  4th  mo.  1701.  WM  PENN 

In  the  Charter  Incorporating  the  Town  of  Philadelphia  and 
Erecting  it  into  a  City  there  is  not  any  express  authority  granted 
the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  to  regulate  the  lines 
of  the  streets,  or  the  Water  Courses  of  Philada.  But  they  are 
authorized  '  to  make  (and  they  may  make,  ordain,  constitute  and 
establish)  such  and  so  many  good  and  reasonable  Laws,  Ordi- 
nances and  Constitutions  (not  repugnant  to  the  Laws  of  England 
and  this  Government)  as  to  the  greatest  part  of  them  in  such 
Common  Council  assembled  (where  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  for 
the  time  being  are  always  to  be  present)  shall  seem  necessary  and 
convenient  for  the  Government  of  the  said  City. 

It  is  probable  that  the  persons  named  in  the  Commission  afore- 
said, Continued  to  act  as  the  Regulators  of  the  streets  and  Water 
courses  for  several  years,  as  some  of  them  were  of  Aldermen  and 
others  of  the  first  Common  Council  appointed  by  Charter  and  all 
of  them  strict  friends  of  the  Proprietor.  The  Laws  of  1698  con- 
tinued in  full  force  for  many  years  and  never  (was)  formaly  re- 
pealed but  only  partially  supplied  in  the  year  1711,  by  the  act 

1  Morrey  should  be  Murrey.  The  writer  in  making  quotations  from  the 
records,  has  reconstructed  the  sentences  and  modernized  the  spelling.  In  some 
cases  I  have  found  it  necessary  to  restore  the  old  phraseology,  where  the  mean- 
ing appeared  obscure.  J-  H.  M. 


144  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

raising  money  on  the  Inhabitants  of  the  city  for  the  public  use 
and  benefit  thereof. 

In  those  times  some  dispute  had  arisen  respecting  the  streets,  for 
on  the  2ist  Sept.,  1705,  The  Mayor  and  Recorder  reported  to  the 
Common  Council  '  That  they  had  applied  to  the  Commissioners 
(of  property  I  suppose)  to  consent  with  them  to  lay  out  the  Bounds 
of  the  City  and  that  the  Commissioners  refused  to  Join  with  the 
Corporation  therein' — and  the  Recorder  (David  Lloyd)  '  do  con- 
sider w*  method  may  be  taken  to  do  the  same  &  Report  it  at  the 
Next  Meeting.'  No  report  appears  on  the  minutes.  But  on  the 
29th  April,  1706,  'The  Recorder,  Alderman  Story  and  Robert 
Assheton  were  directed  to  draw  a  new  Draught  of  a  Charter  and 
Insert  therein  such  Privileges  as  appeared  deficient,  also  to  write  a 
letter  to  the  Proprietor  on  the  subject  and  that  a  coppy  of  the  said 
letter  be  sent  to  some  person  in  London  to  solicit  the  same  with 
the  Proprietary.  The  Draft  of  the  Charter  was  produced  at  a 
subsequent  Meeting,  amended  and  ordered  to  be  engrossed  and 
sent  over  to  London,  but  the  result  is  not  on  the  minutes. 

It  is  probable  that  there  was  an  ordinance  for  surveying  the 
streets  about  this  time,  for  the  Act  of  Assembly  passed  Feb.  18, 
1710-'!!,  only  provides  that  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Common- 
alty should  '  Nominate  and  chuse  Two  or  more  discreet  persons 
understanding  the  art  of  Building  and  Qualify  them  according  to 
Law  for  Surveyors  or  Regulators  within  the  same.'  These  were 
only  to  lay  out  the  lines  for  foundations  of  buildings  and  for  party 
walls,  which  is  all  those  persons  were  to  do  by  that  act.1  which 
was  repealed  by  the  Queen  (Anne)  Feb.  xoth,  1713.  But  during 
the  continuance  of  that  Act  and  before  they  could  have  notice  of 
the  repeal,  the  Corporation  14  Nov.,  1712,  Ordered  the  Mayor 
and  Commonalty  of  the  City  to  view  the  respective  Streets  and 
Water  Courses  within  the  same  and  consider  the  proper  methods 
for  the  more  Commodious  Regulation  thereof,  And  on  the  igth 
June,  1713,  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  in  Common  Council  assembled  (probably  a  report  made) 
concluded  on  the  Regulation  of  the  Water  Courses  of  several  of 
the  streets.  And  there  being  Overseers  of  the  Streets  and  Roads 
at  this  time  perhaps  the  streets  were  formed  by  the  Citizens  then 
called  out  to  work  on  them  Agreeably  to  those  regulations,  as 
to  this  day  several  of  them  Descend  nearly  in  the  manner  then 
Ordered.  (I  have  omitted  the  above.)  That  on  the  i4th  Nov., 
1712,  Jonathan  Dickinson  and  the  Commonalty  of  the  City 
'  Ordered  that  an  Ordinance  be  drawn  by  the  Recorder  for  the 
better  Regulation  of  the  Streets  of  this  City,  and  for  Obliging  the 

'The  Common  Council  on  July  22,  1712,  appointed  Thomas  Griffiths, 
Thomas  Redman  and  Samuel  Powel,  "  Regulators  of  Particion  Walls  within 
this  city." 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  145 

Owners  of  lands,  &c.  within  the  same  to  pave  before  their  res- 
pective Tenements. 

On  the  1 2th  of  March,  17 13-' 14,  George  Roche,  Mayor,  'Alder- 
men Dickinson,  Carter  and  Teague,  Thomas  Griffiths,  Owen 
Roberts,  Joseph  Redman  and  William  Fishbourne  or  some  four  of 
them  are  appointed  Regulators  of  the  Streets  and  Water  Courses 
of  this  city,  who  may  from  time  to  time  give  such  orders  therein 
as  may  best  suit  and  accommodate  the  public.' 

The  Law  for  raising  money  on  the  Inhabitants  of  Philada  for 
the  public  use  and  benefit  thereof,  Pass'd  ;th  June  1712,  only 
provides  for  the  chusing  of  Six  Assessors  to  Assess  the  Inhabitants 
and  Estates  within  the  city,  But  takes  no  authority  seemly  from 
the  corporation,  only  defining  some  of  the  powers  thereof,  and 
makes  no  provision  for  the  appointment  of  other  persons  to  regu- 
late the  Streets  or  Water  Courses,  the  former  mode  continuing  in 
Use. 

On  the  Qth  of  August  1717,  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  made 
an  appointment  of  nine  persons  to  regulate  the  Streets  and  Water 
Courses  (some  of  these  were  Aldermen  and  others  regulators  of 
Party  Walls)  and  in  the  following  year,  Thomas  Redman  (a  Regu- 
lator) was  appointed  Inspector  of  Water  Courses,  who  was  to  take 
care  that  they  were  done  according  to  Regulation. 

On  the  i4th  of  Decem'r  1719,  the  Mayor  (William  Fishbourne) 
and  Alderman  Hill  '  In  conjunction  with  the  Regulators  are  re- 
quested to  Imploy  Jacob  Taylor  to  run  out  the  several  streets  of 
this  city,  and  that  they  Cause  the  same  to  be  Staked  Out  to  pre- 
vent any  encroachment  that  may  happen  in  Building  for  the  want 
thereof. ' 

The  Law  passed  24th  Feb'y  1720-21,  Is  silent  on  the  powers  of 
the  corporation  to  regulate  the  Streets  and  Water  Courses,  But 
gives  authority  to  them  to  appoint  Surveyors  or  Regulators  to 
mark  the  lines  of  lots  for  the  foundations  of  buildings,  value  Party 
Walls  &c.  and  directing  the  mode  of  appeal  from  the  Surveyors 
to  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  'at  the  next  Common  Council.' 

On  the  2ist  April  1721,  the  Mayor,  &c.,  pursuant  to  the  Law 
above  mentioned  appointed  George  Claypoole,  Thomas  Redman, 
Samuel  Powel  and  James  Steele  or  any  two  of  them  '  as  Regula- 
tors of  Party  Walls  and  Partition  fences  within  this  City.'  The 
Mayor  and  Commonalty  continued  to  regulate  the  Streets  and 
Water  Courses  by  a  Delegated  authority  to  several  members  of 
their  own  Body,  amongst  whom  were  generally  some  of  the  Sur- 
veyors or  Regulators  of  buildings  and  Party  Walls.  For  on  the 
24th  of  April,  1723,  It  was  ordered  in  Common  Council  that 
'  Aldermen  Fishbourne  and  Carter,  Edward  Roberts  and  John 
Cadwalader  (Common  Council-men)  with  the  Surveyor  General 
lay  out  the  High  Street  and  fix  the  wharves  for  the  Ferry'  (mean- 
ing the  middle  Ferry  on  the  Schuylkill.  A  Similar  appointment 


146  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

on  the  25th  of  March,  this  year,  of  six  persons  '  to  consider  the 
best  method  of  the  Water  Course  to  the  river  on  Mulberry  Street 
and  make  report  thereof  to  the  next  Council.'  (The  Arch  lead- 
ing to  the  river  in  Mulberry  Street  was  now  pulled  down  and  the 
Hill  impassable.) 

On  the  30th  Aug.,  1725,  Evan  Owen,  Israel  Pemberton  and 
John  Jones  were  appointed  Regulators  of  the  City  '  and  Jacob 
Taylor  is  added  in  the  room  of  Thomas  Redman,  Deceased.' 
These  were  only  Regulators  of  Lots,  Party  Walls,  &c. 

It  appears  by  a  minute  of  the  Corporation  26th  June,  1727, 
That  an  Ordinance  for  the  better  Regulating  the  Streets  and  \Vat- 
ter  Courses,  pitching  and  paving  the  streets,  &c.,  had  been  pub- 
lished and  in  use  many  years.  Said  Ordinance  was  now  revised 
by  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  in  /Common  Council  assembled 
and  some  new  regulations  respecting  the  Pumps  standing  in  the 
streets,  (All  of  whom  belong  to  Private  Persons)  was  ordered  to 
be  added  thereto. 

There  is  no  Memorial  (that  I  can  find)  relative  to  the  streets  or 
Regulators  until  the  29th  October,  1733,  when  the  corporation 
ordered,  that  '  The  Mayor  for  the  time  being  Aldermen  Fitzwater, 
Edward  Roberts,  George  Mifflin,  John  Jones,  Israel  Pemberton, 
Edward  Warner  and  Jacob  Taylor  or  any  four  of  them,  of  which 
the  Mayor  for  the  time  being  to  be  one,  to  regulate  the  Streets  of 
this  city.' 

And  at  a  Common  Council  August  8th,  1.737,  '  Benjamin 
Eastburn,  the  Surveyor  General  of  this  Province,'  (Jacob  Taylor, 
late  Surveyor  General  being  Deceased,)  '  is  now  appointed  one  of 
the  Regulators  of  this  city,  and  is  to  assist  in  all  Regulacions  of 
the  Streets,  who  is  to  be  paid  for  his  trouble  in  giving  his  Assist- 
ance.' It  is  probable  none  were  paid  before  this  time  for  regulating 
the  streets,  (except  a  small  sum  to  '  Jacob  Taylor  for  running  out 
High  street"  &c. )  as  there  is  no  item  in  the  Accounts  for  that  ser- 
vice, they  being  mostly  either  the  Aldermen  or  of  the  Common 
Council  and  generally  rich  men. 

In  1742,  Aug't.  9th.  The  Corporation  '  having  taken  into  con- 
sideration that  there  are  not  a  sufficient  number  of  Regulators  to 
regulate  the  streets  of  this  city,  the  following  persons  are  appointed 
for  that  purpose,  viz't.  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  for  the  time  be- 
ing George  Fitzwater,  Israel  Pemberton,  Edward  Warner,  William 
Parsons,  Samuel  Powel,  Senior,  Samuel  Rhoads,  Edward  Shippen 
and  Thomas  Hart,  and  it  is  Ordered  that  all  Regulations  be  made 
by  some  four  of  them,  The  Mayor  or  Recorder  being  one  of  the 
number.' 

The  Common  Council  appointed  on  the  i4th  of  July  1748 
'  Nicholas  Scull  (Surv'r  Gen'l)  and  Joseph  Fox,'  together  with 
such  of  the  former  appointment  (in  1742)  as  could  attend,  Regu- 
lators of  the  streets  of  this  city  ;  as  several  of  those  then  chosen 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  147 

were  since  disabled  by  sickness  or  removed  out  of  Town.  And  at 
the  same  time  directed  sd  N  Scull  and  Joseph  Fox  with  Samuel 
Rhoads  to  determine  '  the  lines  and  boundaries  Dividing  the 
grounds  of  Edmund  Wolley  and  Casper  Ulrich  and  make  report 
to  the  next  Common  Council.'  This  shows  that  the  Corporation 
understood  that  those  persons  whom  they  appointed  to  survey  the 
streets  were  also  to  survey  &  and  regulate  the  Lots.  And  for 
many  years  prior  to  this  time  there  was  no  persons  specially 
appointed  to  Regulate  lots  and  Party  Walls,  but  those  chosen  to 
survey  the  streets  performed  the  whole. 

On  the  2gth  of  April  1758,  ;  It  being  represented  to  the  Cor- 
poration now  met'  That  of  the  Regulators  of  the  Streets  hereto- 
fore appointed,  no  more  remained  than  Samuel  Rhoads,  Joseph 
Fox  and  Nicholas  Scull,  which  not  being  thought  a  sufficient  num- 
ber, the  Board  agree  to  add  Philip  Syng,  Hugh  Roberts,  Jacob 
Lewis,  and  John  Palmer,  any  three  of  whom,  together  with  the 
Mayor  and  Recorder,  or  either  of  them,  and  any  three  of  the 
Aldermen  for  the  time  being,  to  make  a  Quorum  for  regulating 
the  streets  and  water  courses  of  this  City.'  Being  in  order  of 
time  it  may  be  well  to  note  here  the  Law  passed  the  6th  March 
1762,  appointing  six  Commissioners  to  pave  the  streets  of  Phila- 
delphia and  for  Regulating,  making  and  amending  the  Water 
Courses  and  Common  Sewers  &c.  &c.  By  this  Act  '  The  Mayor 
or  Recorder  and  any  Four  Aldermen  with  the  Commissioners  shall 
consider  and  agree  which  of  the  streets  &c'  shall  be  first  paved 
'  having  regard  to  the  streets  that  are  most  used  by  the  Country 
in  bringing  their  produce  and  Effects  to  Market,'  and  in  another 
section  it  is  '  Enacted,  That  the  said  Mayor  or  Recorder  and  Four 
Aldermen  together  with  any  four  of  the  Regulators  of  the  said 
City  for  the  time  being  shall  appoint  and  direct  the  Regulation 
of  the  said  Streets,  Lanes,  Alleys  and 'Common  Sewers,  with  de- 
gree of  Descent  of  each  Water  Course.'  And  in  the  supplement 
to  that  Act,  Pass'd  4th  March  1763,  the  footways  are  to  be  paved, 
posts  to  be  fixed  by  the  Owners  of  the  several  lots  when  the  Mayor 
and  Aldermen  with  the  Commissioners  shall  direct.  There  is 
the  same  authority  Given  to  the  Magistrates  and  Regulators  in 
these  Acts  as  in  that  pass'd  in  1769,  respecting  of  Streets,  lanes, 
Alleys,  Water  Courses  and  Common  Sewers. 

On  the  loth  of  April,  1764,  'John  Lukens,  Surveyor  General 
is  appointed  by  the  Board  '  (of  Common  Council)  one  of  the 
Regulators  of  this  city  in  the  room  of  Nicholas  Scull,  Deceased.' 

No  new  appointment  of  Regulators  was  made  until  The  251!! 
Day  of  June,  1774,  when  on  'Being  represented  to  the  Board, 
that  an  additional  number  of  Regulators  were  much  wanted,  The 
following  persons  were  appointed  Regulators  of  party  walls,  Build- 
ings and  Partition  fences  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia :  Vizt, 
David  Rittenhouse,  Robert  Smith,  (Carpenter. )  Thomas  Morris, 


148  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Edward  Bonsall  and  William  Callady.'  This  was  the  last  ap- 
pointment under  William  Penn's  Charter  to  Philadelphia.  These 
persons  with  those  of  former  appointments  that  chose  to  act  per- 
form'd  the  business  of  Regulating  unto  near  the  middle  of  the 
Revolutionary  war." 

Under  the  Act  of  Assembly  of  Feb.  24,  1721,  Common  Coun- 
cil was  empowered  to  appoint  two  or  more  skilful  persons  Survr} 
ors  or  Regulators  of  Party  Walls,  &c.;  i  Dallas'  Laws,  152.  In 
a  foot  note  it  is  stated — "  This  Act  had  lain  dormant  and  inoper- 
ative for  some  time  in  consequence  of  the  dissolution  of  the  Cor- 
poration of  Philadelphia,  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  the  Cor- 
poration alone  being  empowered  to  appoint  Surveyors  and 
Regulators.  It  was  therefore  amended  and  rendered  effectual  by 
the  Act  of  April  15,  1782  ;  2  Dallas,  65.  By  the  latter  Act  the 
power  of  appointing  the  Surveyors  and  Regulators  was  vested  in 
any  four  of  the  Justices  of  the  Peace,"  (with  four  or  more  of  the 
Commissioners  for  paving  and  cleaning  the  streets.)  "  But  the 
Act  of  March  n,  1789,  incorporating  the  city,  (sections  29  and 
30,)  incidentally  restored  the  appointments  to  the  Corporation." 
After  the  passage  of  the  Ordinance  of  May  9,  1804,  none  but  per- 
sons deemed  skilful  Surveyors  or  Builders  (/.  <?.,  House  Carpen- 
ters) were  appointed  Surveyors  or  Regulators. 

The  Surveyors  and  Regulators  appointed  under  the  Act  of  Apri  1 
15,  1782,  were  Joseph  Wetherill,  (lumber  merchant);  James 
Pearson,  (surveyor);  Josiah  Matlack,  (surveyor),  and  John 
Connelly,  (shop-keeper).  See  White  Directory  for  1785.  From 
Surveys,  as  signed,  I  find  that  in  1782,  Thomas  Nevell,  John 
McCulloch,  William  Moulder  and  Gunning  Bedford  were  also 
Surveyors  or  Regulators,  and  that  in  1788,  Joseph  Fox,  (house 
carpenter),  was  one  of  the  Regulators.  See  i  Dallas,  308;  Wells, 
appellant,  v.  Fox.  He  died  in  1811 ;  when  he  ceased  to  be  one  of 
the  Regulators  I  do  not  know,  but  from  1801  to  1807  he  was 
"  Cryer  of  the  Court."  See  old  Directories.  I  found  a  Survey 
dated  in  1803,  signed  by  Pearson  and  Reading  Howell. 

The  Ordinance  of  Councils  of  May  9,  1804,  entitled  an  Ordi- 
nance to  appoint  Surveyors  of  Streets,  &c.,  authorized  the  Mayor 
to  appoint  two  qualified  persons  to  survey  and  regulate  the  streets, 
who  should  make  a  large  and  correct  plan  of  the  streets  and  mark 
the  natural  water  courses  and  common  sewers  thereon,  and  record 
the  same  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  with  proper  refer- 
ence to  the  draft,  their  surveys  of  the  streets,  &c.  There  is  now 
(1879)  'n  possession  of  the  Surveyor  and  Regulator  of  the  Third 
District  a  large  manuscript  volume  of  surveys,  &c.,  of  the  streets 
of  the  old  city  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  clear,  bold  handwriting  of 
Reading  Howell,  on  the  title  page  of  which  it  is  stated  that  it  was 
made  in  accordance  with  the  Ordinance  of  1804;  at  the  foot  of 


OP  PHILADELPHIA.  149 

the  title  page  is  the  date  MDCCCIX.  I  am,  therefore,  inclined 
to  believe  that  Reading  Howell  was  one  of  the  City  Surveyors 
appointed  under  the  Ordinance  of  1804,  (who  the  other  was  I  am 
not  even  able  to  guess)  for  an  Ordinance  was  passed  on  March  3, 
1806,  called,  "a  supplement  to  the  Ordinance  entitled  an  Ordi- 
nance to  appoint  Surveyors,"  &c.,  in  which  it  is  stated — "Whereas 
two  Surveyors  have  been  appointed  as  by  said  Ordinance  is 
directed,  one  of  whom  is  since  deceased,  and  whereas  such  pro- 
gress has  been  made  by  the  surviving  Surveyor  in  the  duties 
assigned  to  them  by  the  said  Ordinance  as  renders  the  appoint- 
ment of  another  unnecessary,"  &c.  A  further  supplement  of  June 
18,  1807,  refers  to  the  "Surviving  Surveyor,"  James  Pearson 
was  not  a  City  Surveyor  from  1800  (when  Josiah  Matlack  was  sole 
City  Surveyor),  until  1808  ;  the  Directories  between  those  periods 
call  him  "late  City  Surveyor ;"  the  Directory  of  1808  gives  him  as 
"  City  Surveyor,"  yet  on  Oct.  16,  1806,  I  found  a  survey  signed 
by  James  Pearson  and  William  Garrigues;  the  latter  was  a  carpen- 
ter ;  but  Mease,  in  his  Picture  of  Philadelphia,  p.  147,  in  1811, 
gives  him  as  one  of  the  City  Surveyors.  I  find  one  of  Pearson's 
surveys  as  late  as  April  30,  1813.  He  died  in  August  of  that 
year.  The  Directory  of  1809  calls  William  Stevenson  "  City 
Surveyor  ;"  he  was  a  carpenter,  and  died  in  1817. 

An  Ordinance  of  July  13,  1809,  to  regulate  the  streets,  states 
that  "  the  said  Draft  and  Book  of  Reference  having  been  com- 
pleted," the  Surveyors  of  the  City  shall  regulate  the  streets,  &c. , 
agreeable  to  said  Draft  and  Book. 

The  Ordinance  of  Oct.  i,  1811,  directs  "the  City  Regulators 
or  a  majority  of  them,"  to  fix  the  width  of  the  footways  in  the 
streets,  &c.,  and  enter  them  in  the  Book  of  Record  of  the  said 
Regulators. 

An  Ordinance  of  August  6,  1814,  authorized  the  Mayor  "  to 
appoint  three  discreet  and  skilful  persons,  duly  qualified,  to  be 
Regulators  and  Surveyors  of  the  City  *  *  at  least  two  of 

whom  shall  be  practical  Surveyors,  one  of  whom  shall  be  desig- 
nated by  the  Mayor,  at  the  time  of  the  appointment,  to  be  the 
Recording  Surveyor."  Under  this  Ordinance  Reading  Howell, 
Samuel  Hains  and  Alphonso  C.  Ireland,  were  appointed  Sur- 
veyors and  Regulators.  Mr.  Howell  being  designated  as  the 
"Recording  Surveyor."  Before  the  time  of  Reading  Howell, 
James  Pearson  and  Thomas  Nevell  seem  to  have  made  the  most 
careful  surveys  ;  but  paper  appears  to  have  been-  scarce  between 
1782  and  1813,  Pearson's  term  of  service.  I  found  surveys  made 
on  the  back  of  the  counts  of  lottery  drawings,  on  backs  of  elec- 
tion returns,  and  some  on  the  backs  of  letters  addressed  to  the 
"President  of  the  Bank  of  the  United  States,"  and  one  on  the 
back  of  a  letter  from  Col.  Henry  to  Capt.  Pearson.  On  one 
survey  was  the  following  memorandum,  signed  "  George  Vaux." 
ao 


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MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


— "The  Blue  Anchor  Tavern  stood  at  the  N.  W.  Cor.  of  Front 
&  Dock  &  was  pulled  down  about  1810."  J.  Edgar  Thompson, 
late  President  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  and  a 
native  of  Delaware  County,  ran  the  lines  of  some  of  the  streets ; 
a  number  of  his  Surveys  are  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Surveyor 
of  the  3d  District,  very  carefully  and  handsomely  drawn. 

By  an  Ordinance  of  Council  of  Dec.  5,  1839,  it  was  ordered 
that  in  January  of  each  year  thereafter,  Councils  should  in  joint 
meeting  elect  two  persons  to  be  City  Surveyors  and  Regulators, 
one  of  whom  should  be  designated  at  the  time  of  his  election. 
"Principal  City  Surveyor,"  and  the  other  "  Assistant  City  Sur- 
veyor and  Regulator."  Minutes  of  Select  Council.  Previous  to 
the  passage  of  this  Ordinance,  Samuel  Hains,  who  was  elected 
there  under  the  "  Principal  City  Surveyor,"  was  the  "  Recording 
Surveyor,"  and,  no  doubt,  succeeded  Reading  Howell  in  that 
office,  after  his  death,  in  1827.  Reading  Howell  made  a  com- 
plete map  of  Pennsylvania  in  1792,  under  the  Act  of  Congress  to 
encourage  Learning  and  for  securing  Maps,  &c.  The  first  map, 
that  embraced  the  entire  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  was  that  of 
William  Scull,  made  in  1770. 

The  following  lists  give  the  names  of  the  Principal  City  Sur- 
veyors and  Regulators  and  Assistants  to  date. 

Principal  City  Surveyors. 

Thomas  Holme,  Surveyor- General,         18,  2  mo.,  1682 

Edward  Penington,             "  Feb.    20,   1698 

Thomas  Fairman,  "  ,   1702 

Jacob  Taylor,                      "  Nov.  26,   1706 

Thomas  Redman,             from  1712    to    1725 

Jacob  Taylor,1               appointed  Aug.   30,    1725 
Benjamin  Eastburn,  Surveyor- General      Aug.    8,    1737 

William  Parsons,                 "  Aug.   27,   1741 

Nicholas  Scull,  Jan'y  14,   1748 

Joseph  Fox,                 Regulator,  Jan'y  14,  1748 

John  Lukens,       Survey  or- General,  April  10,  1761 

David  Rittenhouse,      appointed  Jan'y  25,  1774 

Edward  Bonsall,  Jan'y  25>  *774 

Josiah  Matlack,  April   15,  1782 

James  Pearson,  April   15,  1782 

Reading  Howell,  ,   1804 

James  Pearson,  ,   1808 

William  Stevenson,  — ,   1809 

William  Garrigues,  — ,   1811 

Samuel  Hains,  Aug.  — ,   1814 

Alphonso  C.  Ireland,  Aug.  — ,   1814 


1  Vice  Redman. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  151 

Enoch  Lewis,1  appointed  .    1827    to    1834 

Edward  H.  Gill,  1834    to    1840 

Samuel  Hains,  Jan'y  16,  1840 

Samuel  Honeyman  Kneass,  April  26,  1849 

Spencer  Bonsall  May    9,     1853 

Strickland  Kneass,2  May   29,    1855 

Samuel  Lightfoot  Smedley,  Mar.   14,   1872 

ASSISTANT  CITY  SURVEYORS. 3 

Ordinance  of  December  5,  1839. 

Marine  T.  W.  Chandler,       appointed      Jan'y  16,  1840 
Spencer  Bonsall,  "  July    n,    1850 

David  Hudson  Shedaker,  "  Sept.    i,    1853 

Principal  Assistant  City  Engineers. 

Office  created  by  Ordinance  of  July  7,  1870. 

James  R.  McClure,  appointed          July    7,     1870 

J.  Milton  Titlow,  "  March  i,  1874 

ASSISTANT  CITY  ENGINEERS. 

Office  established  by  Ordinance  of  Feb.  6,  1874. 

Rudolph  Hering,4  appointed          Feb'y  6,   1874 

John  D.  Estabrook,  "  Aug.   15,    1882 

The  Department  of  Surveys,  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  was 
organized  by  Ordinance  of  Councils,  under  the  provisions  of  the 
2 7th- and  5oth  sections  of  the  Act  (of  Consolidation)  of  Feb.  2, 
1854.  The  Ordinance  was  sent  to  the  Mayor  on  Oct.  14,  1854, 
and  not  having  been  returned  to  Councils  within  fifteen  days 
thereafter,  became  a  law. 

On  March  27,  1855,  Councils  in  joint  session  elected  Strickland 
Kneass  Chief  Engineer  and  Surveyor,  together  with  twelve  Dis- 
trict Surveyors  and  Regulators,  viz  : 

1.  Charles  S.  Close,  7.  James  P.  Davis, 

2.  David  Hudson  Shedaker,  8.  William  Reed, 

3.  Francis  Lightfoot,  9.   Henry  A.  Frink, 

4.  Joseph  King,  Jr.,  10.   Henry  Haines, 

5.  Jesse  Lightfoot,  n.  John  H.  Levering, 

6.  Spencer  Bonsall,  12.  Amos  Stiles,  Jr. 

These  to  constitute  a  Board  of  Surveyors,  with  the  Chief 
Engineer  as  President.  These  gentlemen  met  once  and  organ- 
ized, as  a  Board  by  electing  Strickland  Kneass  Chief  Engineer 

1  Vice  Howell.  2  Chief  Engineer  and  Surveyor. 

3  The  Act  of  Feb.  2,  1854,  abolished  this  position.     4Resigned,  Dec, 31,  1881. 


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and  Surveyor,  and  President  of  the  Board  of  Surveyors ;  but  they 
never  performed  any  other  duty,  as  they  were  superseded  by  a 
supplement  to  the  Act  (of  Consolidation)  of  April  21,  1855, 
directing  that  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Surveys  should  be 
elected  by  the  votes  of  the  twelve  Survey  Districts  into  which  the 
city  was  divided  by  the  supplement — one  person  to  be  elected  in 
each  district,  to  serve  for  five  years,  "who  shall  have  had  five 
years'  experience  and  skill  in  his  profession."  The  supplement 
also  directed  that  the  Board  should  be  organized  by  the  election 
of  the  Chief  Engineer  as  President. 

The  said  District  Surveyors  were  duly  elected  on  May  i,  1855, 
and  the  Board  organized  by  electing  Strickland  Kneass  Chief 
Engineer  and  Surveyor.  Journal  of  Select  Council,  May  7,  1855. 


District   Surveyors  and   Regulators. 

Present  members  are  indicated  thus,  * 


1.  Thomas  Daly, 

2.  Charles  S.  Close,* 

3.  Spencer  Bonsall, 

4.  Amos  Stiles,  Jr., 

5.  Joseph  H.  Siddall, 

6.  James  P.  Davis,1 

7.  Henry  Haines, 

8.  Joseph  S.  Siddall, 

9.  Jesse  Lightfoot, 

10.  Isaac  Shallcross, 

11.  Charles  H.  Fox, 

12.  James  Miller, 

11.  Samuel  L.  Smedley,2 

4.  Edward  D.  Roberts,* 
3.  D.  Hudson  Shedaker,* 

12.  William  H.  Jones,* 

5.  John  F.  Wolf, 
8.  James  Keily, 

8.  John  H.  Levering,*1 

7.  William  Albertson,* 

i.  Thomas  Daly  (2d)4 

13.  Joseph  Hibbard,*8 
10.  Isaac  E.  Shallcross,6 


elected 


1855 


1855 
1855 
1855 
1855 
1855 
1855 
1855 
1855, 


May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May    i,     1855 

May    17,    1858 

May    7,     1860 

May     7,     1860 

May    7,     1860 

May    7,     1860 

May    7,     1860 

Oct.    10,    1865 

Oct.    10,    1865 

May  24,    1866 

April  20,  1868 

Jan'y   i,    1871 


1  James  P.  Davis  died  Nov.  25,  1879,  a8ed  69. 

*  Vice  Fox,  resigned.  "Vice  Keily,  deceased. 

4  By  the  Board,  in  place  of  his  deceased  father. 

5 The  Act  of  Assembly  of  April  13,  1868,  creating  the  241)1  Ward,  made  it  a 
Survey  District,  which  necessitated  the  appointment  of  a  District  Surveyor. 
Mr.  Hibbard  was  appointed  by  the  Board,  and  continued,  by  election,  since. 

8  In  place  of  his  father. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  153 

ii.  George W.  Hancock,1  appointed          Mar.    14,   1872 

5.  Andrew  French,*2  "  Mar.    16,   1874 
i.   William  C.  Cranmer,*  elected  Nov.   18,  1876 

n.  Joseph  Johnson,*  "  Jan'y    l>    1878 

6.  Joseph  Mercur,*3  "  Dec.     3,    1879 
9.   Henry  A.  Stallman,*4     elected  Feb'y  17,  1880 

10.   George  S.  Webster,*5  appointed          April  19,  1880 

RECORDING  CLERK 

AND  SECRETARY  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  SURVEYS. 
George  Sturgis,  appointed          Mar.   31;   1855 

The  Department  of  Highways. 

The  office  of  Chief  Commissioner  of  Highways  was  created  by 
the  Act  of  Consolidation,  /'.  e.,  Feb.  2,  1854,  P.  L.,  for  the 
supervision  of  the  streets  and  roads  of  this  city  and  county.  By 
the  Act  of  April  21,  1855.  an(^  Ordinance  of  Councils,  the  Chief 
and  his  two  Assistant  Commissioners  were  constituted  a  Board  for 
the  transaction  of  all  business  relating  to  the  highways.  -The 
term  of  office  at  first  was  for  one  year,  but  since  the  new  Consti- 
tution, for  three  years. 

CHIEF  COMMISSIONERS. 

Thomas  Birch,  elected  Oct.     5,    1854 

John  McCarthy,  "  July    16,    1857 

Conrad  B.  Andress,  "  July     8     1858 

Joseph  Shantz,  "  July    7,     1859 

James  Landy,  "  Feb'y  6,   1862 

George  W.  Schofield,  "  Feb'y  26,  1863 

William  W.  Smedley,  "  Feb'y  n,  1864 

Mahlon  H.  Dickinson,  "  Feb'y  12,  1867 

John  Liberton  Hill,  "  Feb'y  18,  1875 

William  Baldwin,6  "  March  2,  1876 

John  D.  Estabrook,  Jan'y   6,    1883 

A  List  of  the  Philadelphia  Directories. 

1785       ...  by  Francis  White. 

1785        ...  "  John  Macpherson. 

1  Vice  Smedley.  2  Vice  Wolf,  resigned. 

3  Vice  Davis,  dec'd.  4  In  place  of  Lightfoot,  who  declined. 

5  In  place  of  Isaac  E.  Shallcross,  resigned. 

6  Mr.   Baldwin  was  elected  for  the  unexpired  term  of  John  L.  Hill,  who 
resigned  and  was  re-elected  for  three  years,  Jan.  I,  1877,  and  again  on  Dec. 
30,  1879,  for  three  years  from  Jan  I,  1880.     He  died  suddenly  of  heart  disease 
on  Jan.  i,  1883,  aged  45  years,  on  his  way  to  attend  a  joint  meeting  of  Coun- 
cils, who  were  to  fill  his  expired  term  of  office. 


154  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

1791      ...  by  Clement  Biddle. 

1793  and  1794,  James  Hardie. 

1795  "    1796,  "  Edmund  Hogan. 

1796  .      .      .  Thomas  Stephens. 

1797  to    1 80 1,  "  Cornelius  Wm.    Stafford. 
1799     .      .      .                              James  Robinson. 

1802  to    1811,  "  James  Robinson. 

1811  .      .      .  •            *'  Census. 

1813  ...  "  John  Adems  Paxton. 

1814  ...  "  B.  &  T.  Kite. 

1816  and  1817,  "  James  Robinson. 

1817  .      .      .  "  Edward  Dawes. 

1818  and  1819,  "  John  Adems  Paxton. 

1820  ...  "  Edward  Whitely, 

1821  and  1822,  McCarty  &  Davis. 
1823  and  1824,  Robert  Desilver. 
1825      ...  "              Thomas  Wilson. 
1828    to    1833,  Robert  Desilver. 
1835      .      .      .  Robert  Desilver. 

'1837      .     .      .  Robert  Desilver. 

1837    to    1860,  "  Archibald  McElroy. 

1860  ...  S.  E.  Cohen. 

1861  to    1867,  "  Archibald  McElroy. 
1868    to    1883,!             "  James  Gopsill. 

Additional  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court, 

OF   THE   PROVINCE   OP   PENNSYLVANIA. 

During  the  publication  of  this  work,  Mr.  Simon  Gratz,  of  our 
Bar,  furnished  me  with  the  following  copy  of  an  ancient  and 
interesting  document  in  his  possession,  being  the  oath  of  office  of 
certain  Provincial  Judges.  I  can  but  regret  that  I  had  no  knowl- 
edge of  this  important  paper  before,  or  of  its  contents,  which  gives 
us  another  Chief  Justice  of  the  Provincial  Supreme  Court,  Samuel 
Jenihgs,  and  another  Associate,  Peter  Baynton.  on  April  10, 1691. 
Those  of  my  readers  familiar  with  our  history,  know  that  the 
Minutes  of  Councils  and  the  Colonial  Records  are  missing  between 
November  21,  1690,  and  the  26th  of  April,  1693,  and  that  there 
are  no  Minutes  of  our  Courts  to  be  found  that  were  made  previous 
to  1750,  that  I  know  of,  so  no  researches  of  mine  could  have  dis- 

1  There  were  no  Directories  printed  for  eleven  years,  namely,  none  between 
1785  and  1791,  and  none  in  1792,  1812,  1815,  1826,  1827,  1834,  nor  in  1836. 
The  Directory  of  1801  was  on  the  plan  of  a  street  Directory,  but  the  experi- 
ment has  never  been  repeated.  Isaac  Costa  has  been  the  compiler  of  Gopsill's 
Directory  since  its  first  publication  in  1868.  A  supplement  to  the  Directory 
for  1814  was  printed  in  1815.  Paxton  published  a  supplement  to  his  Directory 
for  1819,  for  the  year  1820.  The  Directories  for  1821  and  1822  are  merely 
that  of  1820  with  a  supplement  for  the  respective  years. 


OP  PHILADELPHIA.  155 

covered  this  information.  As  to  the  name  of  Joseph  Growden, 
it  is  a  mooted  question  among  historians  whether  it  should  be 
spelled  Growdon,  or  Growden ;  it  will  be  observed  that  Mr. 
Gratz  is  in  favor  of  Growdon.  The  paper  referred  to  is  as  follows : 

"  Beit  Remembered  that  Samuel  jenings,  Joseph  Growdon,  Thomas  Wynne, 
Peter  Baynton,  and  Edward  Blake,  being  commissionated  Provincial  Judges, 
before  they  undertook  or  accepted  their  commission,  they  the  said  Samuel 
Jenings,  Joseph  Growdon  and  Thomas  Wynne,  being  desired,  came  into 
Council  on  the  loth  day  of  the  Second  month,  1691 :  and  then  and  there  de- 
clared their  allegiance  to  the  King  and  Queen,  and  their  lawful  obedience  to 
Wm.  Penn,  Proprietor  and  Governor  of  this  Province,  and  to  discharge  their 
trust  to  the  best  of  their  understanding  and  capacity.  In  testimony  whereof 
they  have  hereunto  sett  their  hands  the  day  and  year  aforesaid  at  the  Council 
Room.  SAML.  JENINGS, 

Jos.  GROWDON, 
THO.  WYNNE." 

The    Mayors 

OF    PHILADELPHIA. 

A  Correction  in  the  List. 

The  City  Charter  of  March  n,  1789,  Sect,  xii.,  says:  "That 
it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  Aldermen  of  the  said  city,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  to  elect  and  choose  by  ballot,  every  year,  or 
oftener,  if  a  vacancy  shall  happen  by  death  or  resignation,  re- 
moval from  office  or  from  the  city,  one  of  their  own  number,  who 
shall  be  Mayor  for  the  City  for  the  ensuing  year."  Duane1  s 
Ordinances  of  Philadelphia,  1805:  2  Dallas'  Laws,  654. 

The  5th  Section  authorized  the  election  of  Common  Council- 
men  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  April ;  they  were  to  meet  and 
organize  on  the  next  Friday  thereafter,  and  I  suppose  they  elected 
in  1789,  a  Mayor  on  the  day  of  organization,  viz.,  April  13,  1789, 
and  not  in  October,  as  stated  on  page  95,  ante.  By  the  Act  of  April 
4,  1796,  the  Councils  elected  the  Mayor  on  the  third  Tuesday  in 
October,  annually.  Therefore,  the  following  corrections  should 
be  made  in  the  dates  of  the  elections  of  the  Mayors,  viz.  : 

Samuel  Powel,  by  Council  April  13,  1789 

Samuel  Miles,  "  April  12,  1790 

John  Barclay,  "  April  n,  1791 

Matthew  Clarkson,  "  April  16,  1792 

Justices   of  the    Courts, 

OF   CHESTER    COUNTY,    PENNSYLVANIA. 

From  1681  to   1790. 

This  list  of  the  Justices  of  Chester  County  which  includes  the 
names  of  those  who  were  Justices  of  the  Courts,  that  sat  at  Chester 
— now  Delaware  County — was  prepared  from  a  careful  examina- 
tion of  the  records  in  the  office  of  Internal  Affairs  at  Harrisburg, 
and  may  be  considered  perfect.  I  have  prefaced  the  list  with  the 


156  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

names  of  the  Swedish  Magistrates  at  Tinicum  and  the  Justices  <>! 
Upland  Court,  as  being  of  interest  in  this  connection. 

The  eldest  Justice  in  the  Commission  present  at  any  sitting  ot" 
the  Court,  was  styled  in  the  Minutes,  the  "President,"  but  that 
does  not  indicate  that  such  Justice  was  the  "  Presiding  Justice" 
of  the  Court,  or  the  first  on  the  Commission.  Those  are  given 
here : 

THE  PRESIDING  JUSTICES. 

William  Markham,  Lieut.  Gov.  Nov.   30,  1681 

William    Clayton,  President  June   13,   1682 

William  Markham,  "  Sept.    12,  1682 

John  Simcock,  "  Feb.  14,  1682-3 

William  Penn,  Present  June   27,   1683 

Christopher  Taylor,         President  — ,   1684 

John  Simcock,  "  6,  2  mo.,  1685 

John  Bristow,  "  2,  n  mo.,  1689 

John  Guest,  "  25,  7  mo. ,1703 

Jasper  Yeates,  "  — ,   1704 

Caleb  Pusey,  "  May    13,    1713 

Jasper  Yeates,  "  Aug.   26,   1717 

Dr.  John  Wright,1  "  May  22,    1722 

Richard  Hayes,  "  Oct.    10,    1727 

Henry  Pierce,  "  April  TO,  1741 

John  Crosby,2  "  Jan'y   7>    J745 

Caleb  Cowpland,  "  May  .19,    1749 

William  Moore,'        President  Judge  May   25,    1752 

Thomas  Worth,4  "  Oct.    20,    1759 

William  Moore,  "  Nov.   19,  1764 

Alexander  Johnstone,*  "  Sept.    3,    1776 

Isaac  Davis,  "  Mch.  31,  1777 

William  Clingan,  "  Nov.    18,  1780 

John  Pearson,  "  Dec.   22,   1787 

1  Dr.  John  Wright  left  Chester  County  in   1726,  and  settled  in,  and  became 
Presiding  Justice  of  Lancaster  County  in  1729.     He  died  in  1741. 

2  Died,  October,   1750.     He  was  the  g.  g.  g.  grandfather  of  the  author  of 
this  work ;  another  g.  g.  g.  grand-son  is  Rear  Admiral  Peirce  Crosby,  of  the 
United  States  Navy,  now  commanding  the  South  Atlantic  Squadron. 

3  Died,  May  30,  1782,  aged  84. 

4  On  Feb.  23,  1761,  writs  of  superseded*  were  issued  to  Samuel  Lightfoot, 
Edward  Brinton,  Thomas  Worth  and  John  Morton,  forbidding  them  exercising 
the  office  of  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Commom  Pleas  of  Chester  County,  under 
the  Act  of  Sept.  20,  1759.     As  Thomas  Worth  was  the  oldest  Justice,  I  have 
called  him  the  President  Judge,  and  not  Samuel  Lightfoot.   Worth  was,  besides, 
a  prominent  man  in  his  day,  as  will  be  seen  from  the  Colonial  Records. 

3  Alexander  Johnstone  and  his  associates  were  appointed  Justices  by  the  Con- 
vention of  July  15,  1776,  a  gross  usurpation  of  power  on  the  part  of  the  Com- 
mittee. The  Minutes  at  West  Chester  will  show  whether  they  ever  held  a 
Court,  but  it  is  not  probable  that  they  ever  did. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  157 

Justices  of  the  Peace, 

AND   OF   THE   COURTS    OF   CHESTER   COUNTY,    PA. 
From  the  Record  of  Commissions,  &>c. 

1658 — Magistrates  at  Tinicum  ;  Hazard 's  Annals  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, 242 — Oloff  Stille,  Mathys  Hanson,  Peter  Rambo  and  Peter 
Cock.  Sheriff,  Gregorius  Van  Dyck. 

1668 — Captain  John  Carr,  Hans  Block,  Israel  Helm,  Peter 
Rambo,  Peter  Cock,  Peter  Alricks  and  the  Schout.  [These  are 
supposed  to  have  held  Court  at  Upland.  William/ Tom  was 
Schout  or  Sheriff,  appointed  Aug.  10,  1669.  Edward  Cantwell 
was  appointed  Sheriff,  Aug.  12,  1672,  in  place  of  Wm.  Tom, 
resigned.] 

1674 — -Justices  for  the  river;  Hazard1  s  Annals,  414. — Peter 
Coqk,  Peter  Rambo,  Israel  Helm,  Laers  Audriesson  and  Wolle 
Swain. 

1676 — Upland  Court — Peter  Cock,  Peter  Rambo,  Israel  Helm, 
Lace  Andries,  Oele  Swensen  and  Otto  Earnest  Cock.  Clerk — 
EpJ^raim  Herman. 

1680 — Upland  Court — Otto  Ernest  Cock,  Israel  Helm,  Henry 
Jones,  Laurens  Cock  and  George  Browne. 

1681 — William  Markham,  Lieut.  Governor  and  President, 
William  Clayton,  William  Warner,  Robert  Wade,  Otto  Ernest 
Cock,  William  Byles,  Robert  Lucas,  Thomas  Fairman,  James 
Sandelands,  Hendricks  Bankson,  Swan  Swanson,  Lasse  Cock, 
and  Andreas  Bankson.  Sheriff,  John  Test.  Clerk — Thomas 
Revel. 

1682-3 — John  Simcock,  President,  Thomas  Brassey,  William 
Clayton,  Robert  Wade,  John  Bezer,  Otto  Ernest  Cock  and  Ralph 
Withers.  Clerk— Robert  Eyre. 

1684 — Christopher  Taylor,  William  Wood,  Nicholas  Newlin, 
George  Maris,  Thomas  Usher,  Robert  Pyle,  John  Blunston  and 
John  Harding. 

1685 — 6th,  2  mo. — John  Simcock,  William  Wood,  Nicholas 
Newlin,-  Robert  Wade,  George  Maris,  Thomas  Usher,  Robert 
Pyle  and  John  Blunston. 

1686 — Dec.  10  ;  Court  of  Equity. — John  Blunston,  John 
Simcock,  George  Maris,  Bartholomew  Coppock,  Samuel  Levis, 
Robert  Wade  and  Robert  Pyle.  Held  by  the  Justices  of  the 
Common  Pleas  under  the  title  of  Commissioners. 

1 688 — No  date  given  in  Record  of  Commissioners  at  Harrisburg, 
probably  in  1688;  if  so,  then  Caleb  Fuse y  and  Thomas  Usher 
should  be  added;  i  C.  R.,  221.  John  Simcock,  John  Bristow, 
Bartholomew  Coppock,  Jr.,  John  Blunston,  Thomas  Brasey  and 
Randall  Vernon. 
1689 — Smith' s  Delaware  Co.,  171 — John  Simcock,  John  Bristow, 

21 


158  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Bartholomew  Coppock,  Jr.,  John  Blunston,  George  Maris,  Francis 
Harrison,  Nicholas  Newlin  and  Joshua  Fearne. 

1690  —  2d,  ii  mo.,  1689—  John  Bristow,  John  Bevan,  John 
Blunston,  Nicholis  Newlin,  Francis  Harrison,  Samuel  Levis, 
James  Sandilands,  William  Howell  and  Joshua  Fearne,  Clerk  and 
Justice. 

1690  —  6th,  1  mo.  —  John  Simcock. 

1693  —  George  Foreman,  Jeremiah  Collett,  Thomas  Withers. 

1700  —  Ralph  Fishbourne. 

1703-  Appointed  2$th  of  the  *]th  mo.  —  John  Guest,  Jasper 
Yeates,  Caleb  Pusey,  Philip  Roman,  Jonathan  Hayes,  Ralph 
Fishbourne,  Jeremiah  Collett,  Walter  Martin,  Nathaniel  Newlin. 

1704  —  Commissions  read  at  May  Court  —  Jasper  Yeates,  Caleb 
Pusey,  Jeremiah  Collett  and  Philip  Roman. 

1710  —  Appointed  Mar.  3  —  Jasper  Yeates,  Caleb  Pusey,  Nicholas 
Pile,  Jonathan  Hayes,    Philip  Roman,   Thomas  Powell,   Henry 
Pierce  and  Ephraim  Jackson. 

1711  —  Appointed  Nov.   24  —  Jasper  Yeates,  Robert  Pyle,  Caleb 
Pusey,  Nicholas  Pile,   Jonathan   Hayes,  William   Davis,    Henry 
Nayle  and  Richard  Webb. 

1713  —  Appointed  May  13  —  Caleb  Pusey,  Nicholas  Pile,  William 
Davis,  Henry  Nayle,1  Richard  Webb,  Nicholas  Fairlamb,  John 
Blunston,  Jr.,  and  Thomas  Edwards. 

1715  —  Appointed  May  20  —  Caleb  Pusey,  Nicholas  Pile,  Richard 
Webb,  Henry  Pierce,  Henry  Nayle,  Nicholas  Fairlamb,  John 
Blunston,  Jr.,  and  Richard  Hayes.  All  re-appointed,  June  n, 


171  7  —  Appointed  Aug.  26  —  Jasper  Yeates,  Caleb  Pusey,  Richard 
Webb,  Henry  Nayle,  Richard  Hayes,  Henry  Pierce,  John  Wright, 
John  Wood,  David  Harry,  John  Worrell,  Joseph  Coebourn,  Henry 
Hayes  and  Joseph  Pennock. 

1718  —  Appointed  August  \().  The  same  Justices  were  recom- 
missioned  together  with  Nathaniel  Newlin,  Andrew  Job,  Elisha 
Gatchel,  John  Cartledge  and  Andrew  Hamilton. 

1718  —  Appointed  Nov.  24—  Jasper  Yeates,  John  Wright,  Caleb 
Pusey,  Richard  Webb,  Henry  Nayle,  Richard  Hayes,  Henry  Pierce, 
Nathaniel  Newlin,  John  Wood,  Joseph  Coebourn,  Henry  Hayes, 
James  Gibbons,  Andrew  Job,  Elisha  Gatchell,  John  Cartledge  and 
Francis  Worley. 

1719  —  Nov.  24;  All  the  above  re-appointed,  and  —  Isaac  Taylor. 
1722  —  Appointed  May  22  —  John  Wright,  Caleb  Pusey,   Henr\ 

Nayle,  Richard  Hayes,  Henry  Pierce,  Nathaniel  Newlin,  John 
Wood,  Joseph  Coebourn,  Henry  Hayes,  James  Gibbons,  Andrew 
Job,  Elisha  Gatchell,  Francis  Worley,  Isaac  Taylor  and  James 
Mitchell. 

1  In  the  Record  of  Commissions  and  Appointments,  and  in  the  Colonial 
Records,  Nayle  is  improperly  spelled  Neale. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  159 

1722 — Nov.  27 — Allthe  above  re-appointed  except  Andrew  Job; 
and  the  following  added — James  Smith  and  Thomas  Reid. 

1723 — Appointed  Feb.  18 — John  Wright,  Caleb  Pusey,  Henry 
Nayle,  Richard  Hayes,  Henry  Pierce,  Nathaniel  Newlin,  John 
Wood,  Henry  Hayes,  James  Gibbons,  Elisha  Gatchell,  Francis 
Worley,  Isaac  Taylor,  James  Mitchell,  John  Crosby,  Thomas 
Reid,  Abraham  Emmit,  Jr.,  and  James  Roddy. 

1725 — Appointed  May  12 — John  Wright,  Henry  Nayle,  Richard 
Pierce,  Nathaniel  Newlin,  John  Wood,  Henry  Hayes,  Isaac  Taylor, 
Samuel  Nutt,  John  Crosby,  Thomas  Reid,  George  Aston,  James 
Roddy,  Tobias  Hendricks,  George  Stewart,  Andrew  Cornish 
and  Mercer  Brown. 

1726 — Appointed  Aug.  26 — John  Wright,  Richard  Hayes, 
Henry  Pierce,  Nathaniel  Newlin,  John  Wood,  Henry  Hayes, 
Isaac  Taylor,  Elisha  Gatchell,  Samuel  Nutt,  John  Crosby, 
Abraham  Emmit,  Jr.,  Thomas  Reid,  George  Aston,  Tobias 
Hendricks,  Andrew  Cornish,  Mercer  Brown,  Evan  Lewis  and 
William  Pile. 

1727  —Oct.  10  ;  All  the  above  re-appointed,  and — James  James. 

1 729 — Appointed  Aug.  25  — Richard  Hayes,  John  Wood,  Henry 
Hayes,  Elisha  Gatchell,  Samuel  Nutt,  John  Crosby,  Abraham 
Emmit,  Jr.,  George  Aston,1  Mercer  Brown,  Evan  Lewis,  William 
Pile,  James  James,  John  Parry  and  James  Gibbons. 

1730 — Appointed  Feb'y  19 — Richard  Hayes,  Henry  Pierce, 
Henry  Hayes,  Elisha  Gatchell,  John  Crosby,  Abraham  Emmit, 
Jr ,  Mercer  Brown,  James  James,  John  Parry,  James  Gibbons, 
Joseph  Pennock,  Samuel  Hollingsworth,  Joseph  Brinton,  Nicholas 
Pile  and  the  Chief  Burgess  of  Chester  for  the  time  being. 

1738 — Appointed  Nov.  22 — Richard  Hayes,  Henry  Pierce, 
Henry  Hayes.  Elisha  Gatchell,  John  Crosby,  Caleb  Cowpland, 
Abraham  Emmit,  James  James,  John  Parry,  Joseph  Pennock, 
Samuel  Hollingsworth,  Joseph  Brientnall,2  Joseph  Heins,  William 
Pim,  Joseph  Bonsall,  Joseph  Parker  and  the  Chief  Burgess  of 
Chester,  for  the  time  being. 

1741 — Appointed  April  10 — Henry  Pierce,  Henry  Hayes, 
Elisha  Gatchell,  John  Crosby,  Caleb  Cowpland,  Abraham  Emmit, 
Joseph  Pennock,  Joseph  Brinton,  William  Moore,  William  Pim, 
Joseph  Bonsall,  Joseph  Parker,  William  Webb,  John  Mather, 
Robert  Pyle,  John  Taylor,  Job  Rust  on  and  Charles  Grantham. 
The  Chief  Burgess  of  Chester  was  always  included  in  each  Com- 
mission for  Justices. 

1745 — Appointed  Jan.  7 — John  Crosby,  Elisha  Gatchell, 
Caleb  Cowpland,  William  Moore,  Abraham  Emmit,  Joseph 

1  Incorrectly  spelled  Ashton  in  the  Record  of  Commissions. 

2  No  doubt  Joseph  Brinton,  as  Joseph  Brientnall  was  a  resident  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  Sheriff  until  October  4,  1738.     See  Ante,  100. 


160  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Pennock,  Joseph  Brinton,  William  Pirn,1  Joseph  Bonsall,  William 
Webb,  John  Mather,  Job  Ruston,1  Charles  Grantham,1  Samuel 
Flower,  Thomas  Cummings,  John  Parry,  Andrew  McDowell,  the 
Chief  Burgess  of  Chester  for  the  time  being,  and  Joseph  Parker, 
the  Clerk  of  the  Courts. 

1 749  —  Appointed  May  19  — Caleb  Cowpland,  Elisha  Gatchell, 
William  Moore,  Joseph  Pennock,  Joseph  Brinton,  William  Pirn, 
Joseph  Bonsall,  John  Mather,  Charles  Grantham,  Samuel  Flower, 
Thomas  Cummings,  Thomas  Worth,  Aaron  Ashbridge,  John 
Churchman,  John  Miller,  Richard  Richardson,  Isaac  Davis,  John 
Scott  and  William  Read. 

1751 — Appointed  Aug.  21  ;  5  C,  R.,  547 — Joshua  Pusey  and 
Samuel  Lightfoot. 

1752 — Appointed  May  25 — William  Moore,  Elisha  Gatchell, 
Joseph  Bonsall,  John  Mather,  Charles  Grantham,  Samuel  Flower, 
Thomas  Cummings,  Thomas  Worth,  Aaron  Ashbridge,  John 
Churchman,  John  Miller,  Isaac  Davis,  John  Scott,  Joshua  Pusey, 
Samuel  Lightfoot,  Edward  Brinton,  Mordecai  Moore  and  Mordecai 
James. 

1757 — Appointed  Feb.  22 — William  Moore,  John  Mather, 
Samuel  Flower,  Thomas  Worth,  Aaron  Ashbridge,  John  Miller, 
Isaac  Davis,  John  Scott,  Samuel  Lightfoot,  Edward  Brinton, 
Mordecai  Moore,  Alexander  Johnstone,  John  Morton,  John 
Culbertson,  William  Clingan,  John  Paschal,  William  Parker 
and  Timothy  Kirk. 

1759 — Appointed  Oct.  20,  under  the  Act  of  Sept.  29,  1759. 
Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas — Thomas  Worth,  Samuel 
Lightfoot,2  Edward  Brinton  and  John  Morton. 

1761 — Appointed  Feb.  23  ;  8  C.  R.,  573 — Thomas  Worth, 
Samuel  Flower,  John  Miller,  Isaac  Davis,  Edward  Brinton, 
Alexander  Johnstone,  John  Morton,  John  Culbertson,  William 
Clingan,  William  Parker,  Timothy  Kirk,  John  Hannum,  John 
Price,  Roger  Hunt,  John  Fairlamb,  George  Currie,  Henry  Hale 
Graham  and  the  Chief  Burgess  of  Chester,  Dr.  Paul  Jackson. 

1764 — Appointed  Nov.  19 — William  Moore,  Thomas  Worth, 
Samuel  Flower,  John  Miller,  Isaac  Davis,  Edward  Brinton, 
Alexander  Johnstone,  John  Culbertson,  William  Clingan,  William 
Parker,  John  Hannum,  John  Price,  John  Fairlamb,  Henry  Hale 

1  In  the  Colonial  Records  and  elsewhere,  Pirn  is  incorrectly  spelled  Pymm  ; 
Ruston,  as  Rushton,  and  Grantham,  as  Grant.  The  railroad  station  at  Ridley 
Creek  is  between  the  old  properties  of  Effinger  and  of  Grantham  ;  the  old  man- 
sions of  both  estates  standing  within  sight  of  the  station,  so  absurdly  called 
"Eddystone."  I  have  corrected  the  spelling  of  all  names  I  am  familiar  with. 

2 In  the  Colonial  Records,  8  Vol.,  573,  Lightfoot  is  given  first;  perhaps  a 
clerical  error,  as  Worth  was  the  oldest  Justice.  They  were  superseded  by 
writs  issued  Feb.  23,  1761.  See  Ante,  156,  n.  4. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  161 

Graham,  William  Boyd,  Richard  Reiley,  James  Hunter  and  James 
Evans. 

1770 — Appointed  May  23 — William  Moore,  Thomas  WTorth, 
John  Morton,  Isaac  Davis,  Alexander  Johnstone,  William  Clingan, 
William  Parker,  John  Hannum,  John  Price,  Henry  Hale  Graham,1 
Richard  Reiley,  Charles  Cruikshanks,  Richard  Baker,  James 
Gibbons,  James  Moore,  William  Swaffer,  Evan  Evans,  Thomas 
Hockley,  Joseph  Pile,  Thomas  Temple  and  Warwick  Miller. 

1776 — Appointed  by  the  Convention  of  July  15,  1776,  by  Ordi- 
nance of  Sept.  3,  1776.  This  Convention  usurped  the  whole 
political  power  of  the  State.  Of  course  they  had  no  power  to 
appoint  Justices — Alexander  Johnstone,  William  Clingan,  Evan 
Evans,  Richard  Baker,  John  Sellers,  Nicholas  Fairlamb,  John 
Jones,  John  Wilson,  William  Heslil,  Israel  Whelan,  William 
Deney,  Samuel  Bond  and  Robert  Mendenhall. 

1777 — Appointed  March  31  ;  3  Pa.  Archives,  (id  series)  734, 
&c. — Isaac  Davis,  Evan  Evans,  James  Moore,  Benjamin 
Bartholomew,  John  Mackey,  William  Gibbons,  Joshua  Evans, 
Isaac  Pearson,  Daniel  Griffiths,  Patterson  Bell,  John  Hannum, 
Robert  Smith,  Philip  Scott,  Thomas  Levis,  Thomas  Boyd,  Robert 
Ralston,  John  Hart,  Richard  Reiley  and  Caleb  Davis. 

1778 — Appointed  July  20 — William  Evans. 

1779 — David  Cowpland,  Isaac  Davis,  James  Moore,  Alexander 
Johnstone,  David  Mackey,  John  Hannum,  Thomas  Taylor,  Thomas 
Cheyney  and  William  Clingan. 

1780 — Appointed  Nov.  i8th — William  Clingan,  to  preside  in  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Quarter  Sessions  and  •  Orphans'  Court, 
and  John  Pearson,  David  McKinney,  Isaac  Pearson,  Benjamin 
Bartholomew,  Joshua  Evans,  Daniel  Griffiths,  Patterson  Bell, 
Robert  Smith  and  Philip  Scott,  Justices. 

1781 — William  Heslit. 

1782— Capt.  Joseph  Luckey,  Major  Isaac  Taylor,  John  Beaton, 
David  Mackey,  James  Moore. 

1783— John  Bartholomew. 

1784 — George  Pierce,  Thomas  Levis,  John  Ralston,  Daniel 
Griffiths  and  Thomas  Cheyney. 

1785 — Philip  Scott  and  James  Moore. 

1786 — William  Clingan,  P.  J.,Percifer  Frazer,  John  Culbertson, 
John  Worth,  Adam  Grubb  and  Richard  Hill  Morris. 

1787 — Appointed  Dec.  22 — John  Pearson. 

1788 — Charles  Dilworth  and  John  Hannum. 

1789 — William  Heslit,  John  Worth,  David  Mackey,  Walter 
Finney  and  Robert  Cooper. 

1790 — Appointed  Aug.  28 — John  Bartholomew. 

1  For  lists  of  the  Bench  and  Bar  of  Chester  and  Delaware  Counties,  see 
Martin'1  s  History  of  Chester,  and  Cope  &*  Futhey's  History  of  Chester  County. 


162  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

The  Governors  of  Pennsylvania, 

AND   OF   THE   SETTLEMENTS    ON   THE   DELAWARE   BEFORE   THE 
FORMATION    OF    THE    COM  M  1  1  N  W  K  A  LTH. 

No  list  that  has  yet  appeared  in  print,  gives  a  complete  list  of 
the  names  of  the  Governors  of  this  Province,  and,of  the  previous 
settlements  on  the  Delaware  ;  so  I  have  ventured  to  present  the 
following  as  more  nearly  perfect  than  any  heretofore  published. 


JaCObsen  May,          Director  of  New  Netherlands,  —  ,1624 

William  Van  Hulst,                              "  —,1625 

Peter  Minuit,  May  4,  1626 

David  Pieterzen  De  Vries,    Governor  on  the  Delaware,  Dec.  5,  1632 

WoUter  Van  Twiller,                  Director  of  New  Netherlands,  Apl    14,    1633 

Sir  William  Kieft,                                 "  Mar.28,  1638 

Peter  Minuit,                                        Governor  of  New  Sweden,  Apl  -  ,    1638 

Peter  Hollandaer,                                 "  —,1641 

John  Printz,                                           •'  Feb.  15,  1643 

Peter  StUyVCSant,                           Director  of  New  Nether  lands,  May  2  7,  1647 

John  PappegOya,                               Governor  of  New  Sweden,  Oct.  -  >l653 

John  Claude  Rysing,            vice  Director  of  'New  Sweden,  May  —  ,  1654 

Peter  Stuyvesant,                          Director  of  New  Nether  lands,  —  J10^ 

Dirck    Smidt,  Schout  Fiscal  and  Commissary  on  the  Delaware,  —  ,1655 

John    Paul  JacqUCt,                          Director  on  the  Delaware,  —  ,  1655 

Andreas  Hlldde,                            Commissary  on  the  Delaware,  165510    1657 

Jacob  Alrichs,                                     Director  of  the  City  Colony,  Apl   —  ,    1657 
GregOriuS  Van  Djrck,         Director  of  the  Company's  Colony,       May  20,1657 

William  Beekman,                  Vice  Director  of  Cos  Colony,  Oct.  28,  1658 

Alexander  D'Hinoyossa,       Director  of  the  aty  Colony,  Dec.  30,  1659 

Col.   Richard  Nichols,                     Governor  at  New  York,  Sep.    8,    1664 

Robert  Needham,                     comfr  on  the  Delaware,  Sep.  8,  1664 

Col.  Francis  Lovelace,             ^  Gov'rat  New  York,  May      ,  1667 

Capt.   John   Carr,                                    Comd'r  on  Delaware,  ,  1  668 

Anthony   ColvC,                                    Gmi'r  of  New  Netherlands,  Aug.  12,1673 

Peter  Alrichs,           Deputy  Gov'r  on  west  side  of  'the  Delaware,  Sep.         jl673 

Sir  Edmond  Andros,                    Gov'r  at  New  York,  Nov.  10,  1674 

.  Capt.  Edmund  Cantwell,           Comd'r  on  Delaware,  Nov.  10,  1674 

Capt.  John  Collier,  Sep.  23,  1676 

Capt.  Christopher  Billop,  Aug.  24,  1677 

Capt.  Anthony  Brockholst,1              Governor,  Jan.  16,  1681 

WILLIAM  PENN,                                 Proprietor,  Mar.  4,  1681 

William  Markham,                         Lieut.  Governor,  Apl  20,  1681 

WlLLIAM   PENN,                                       Proprietor  and  Governor,  Oct.  24,   1  682 

1  Governor  until  June  26,  1681,  when  the  Colonial  Government  ceased  by 
virtue  of  the  Charter  to  William  Penn,  of  March  4,  1681,  who  then  became 
the  Proprietor.  Penn's  Council  first  met  at  Upland,  i.  e.  Chester,  on  August 
3,  1681. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


163 


Thomas  Lloyd, 
William  Clayton,1 
Thomas  Holme,1 
William  Clarke,1 
William  Markham, 
Arthur  Cooke,1 
John  Simcock,1 
Francis  Harrison,1 
Arthur  Cooke,1 
John  Simcock,1 
William  Clarke,1 
Thomas  Lloyd,2 
Robert  Turner,'2 
Arthur  Cooke,2 
John  Simcock,2 
John  Eckley,2 
Capt.  John  Blackwell, 
Thomas  Lloyd, 


President  of  Council, 


Deputy  Gov'r  in  Office, 
President  of  Council, 
President  of  Council  in  the  morning, 
"         "     afternoon, 
President  of  Council, 


Commissioner, 


William  Markham, 
Benjamin  Fletcher, 
William  Markham, 


Lt.  Governor, 
President  of  the  Council, 
Deputy  Governor  of  the  Province, 
Dep.  Gov.  of  the  Lower  Counties, 
Governor  for  the  Crown, 
Lt.  Gov'r  for  the  Crown, 
"  "  Governor  for  Wm.  Penn, 

Dr.   John   GoodsOnil,3       Dep.  Gov.  or  Assistant  to  W.  M., 

Samuel  Carpenter,3 
William  Markham, 
WILLIAM  PENN, 
Andrew  Hamilton, 
Edward  Shippen, 
John  Evans, 
Col.  Charles  Gookin, 
William  Keith," 
HANNAH  PENN, 
Sir  William  Keith,6 


Lt.  Governor  for  Penn, 
Proprietor  and  Governor, 

Lt.  Governor, 
President  of  Council, 

Lt.  Governor, 


18,  6  mo. 
24,  8  mo. 
30,  i  mo. 
9,  2  mo. 

1 8,  8  mo. 

5,  5  mo- 
3,  7  mo. 

3,  7  mo. 

1,  8  mo. 
16,  9  mo. 

19,  2  mo. 
19,  12  mo. 
19, 12  mo. 
19,  12  mo. 
19,  12  mo. 
19, 12  mo. 
Dec.  1 8, 

2,  ii  mo. 
Mar.  — , 
Mar.       , 
April  26, 
April  27, 
24,  9  mo. 
24,  9  mo. 
24,  9  mo. 
May  19, 
2i,iomo. 
Nov.   14, 

1 9, 1 2  mo. 
Feb.  14, 
Feb'y  2, 
May  31, 


Executrix  for  Proprietaries, 

Governor, 
Lt.  Governor, 


Patrick  Gordon,6 

JOHN,  THOMAS  AND  RICHARD  PENN,   Proprietaries, 


1684 
1684 
1685 
1685 
1685 
1686 
1686 
1686 
1686 
1686 
1687 


April  28, 
June  22, 
1727  to 


1  681 
i68l 
i68l 
1688 
1  6£ 
1691 
1691 
1693 
1693 
1694 
1694 
1694 
1698 
1699 
1701 
1702 
170* 

i?°9 
1717 
1718 
1719 
1726 
1746 


1  The  members  of  Council  were  authorized  by  the  Governor  to  choose  one  of 
themselves  President  in  the  absence  of  Thomas  Lloyd,  (i  C,  Jf.,  124),  and 
they  were  Governors  for  the  time  being,  and  as  such  signed  commissions  and 
performed  all  the  duties  of  that  office.  Thomas  Holme  died  loth,  7  mo.,  1694, 
aged  45  years. 

-  Commissioners,  any  three  to  act  as  Deputy  Governor;    I  C.  R.,  1 66. 

3  Deputy  Governors,  or  Assistants  to  Markham,   I  C.  R.,  439. 

4  His  commission  bears  date  Nov.  29,  1716,  but  the  dates  given  by  me  are 
those  when  the  Lieut.  Governors  were  inducted  into  office. 

3  Called  Lieut.  General,  Governor  &  Commander-in-Chief,  &c.;  3  C.  R.,  p. 
55.  Not  Sir  William  until  1^21,  when  he  succeeded  to  the  Baronetcy. 

*  Lieut.  Governor,  with  the  assent  of  Hannah  Penn ;  3  C.  R.,  265. 


164 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


James  Logan, 

Preset  of  Council, 

Aug.    5,    1736 

Thomas  Penn, 

Proprietary, 

Sept.  28,  1736 

George  Thomas, 

Lt.  Governor, 

June    i,    1738 

THOMAS  AND  RICHARD  PENN,      Proprietaries, 

1746    to    1771 

Anthony  Palmer, 

President  of  Council, 

June    6,    1747 

James  Hamilton, 

Lt.  Govern'or, 

Nov.   23,  1748 

Robert  Hunter  Morris, 

(f 

Oct.    15,   1754 

William  Denny, 

u 

Aug.   27,  1756 

James  Hamilton, 

a                '  , 

Nov.    18,  1759 

John  Penn, 

" 

Nov.    i,    1763 

James  Hamilton, 

f  resident  of  Council, 

May    6,     177.1 

THOMAS  AND  JOHN  PENN,            Proprietaries, 

1771    to    1775 

Richard  Penn, 

Lt.  Governor, 

Oct.    16,   1771 

John  Penn, 

Governor, 

Aug.   30,  1773 

Thomas  Wharton,  Jr.,1 

PrescCt  S.  Ex.  Council, 

Mar.    5,    1777 

George  Bryan, 

Vice  President, 

May  23,    1778 

Joseph  Reed, 

Pres't  S.  Ex.  Council, 

Dec.    i,    1778 

William  Moore, 

(( 

Nov.    14,  1781 

John  Dickinson, 

<  i 

Nov.    7,    1782 

Benjamin  Franklin,2 

« 

Oct.   18,   1785 

David  Redick, 

Vice  President, 

Oct.   15,   1788 

Thomas  Mifflin, 

Preset  of  the  S.  Ex.  Council, 

Nov.    5,    1788 

Thomas  Mifflin, 

Governor, 

Dec.   21,  1790 

Thomas  McKean, 

(C 

Dec.  17,   1799 

Simon  Snyder, 

« 

Dec.   20,  1808 

William  Findlay, 

« 

Dec.   16,  1817 

Joseph  Hiester, 

tt 

Dec.    19,  1820 

John  Andrew  Shulze, 

ft 

Dec.    16,  1823 

George  Wolf, 

K 

Dec.    15,  1829 

Joseph  Ritner, 

n 

Dec.    15,  1835 

David  Rittenhouse  Porter 

« 

> 

•Jan'y  15,  1839 

Francis  Rahn  Shunk, 

ft 

Jan'y  21,  1845 

William  Freame  Johnston 

(( 
} 

July    9,    1848 

William  Bigler, 

ii 

Jan'y  20,  1852 

James  Pollock, 

tt 

Jan'y  16,  1855 

William  Fisher  Packer, 

(« 

Jan'y  19,  1858 

Andrew  Gregg  Curtin, 

ft 

Jan'y  15,  1861 

John  White  Geary, 

tt 

Jan'y  15,  1867 

John  Frederic  Hartranft, 

ii 

Jan'y  21,  1873 

Henry  Martyn  Hoytr 

i  ( 

Jan'y  21,  1879 

Robert  Emory  Pattison,3 

tt 

Jan'y  16,  1883 

1  President  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  August  6,   1776.     President  of  the 
Supreme  Executive  Council,  March  5,  1777- 

2  Franklin's  term  expired  October  14, 1788.     Armor's  Governors,  25 1 ;   XV. 
C.  R.,  564. 

3  The  first  Constitution  for  the  government  of  Pennsylvania  as  a  State,  went 
into  effect  on  Sept.  2,  1790.     An  election  was  held   under  it  the   following 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  165 

Members  of  the  Provincial  Council, 

OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 

From  1682  to  1775. 

1682— William  Markham,  1684— William  Wood, 

1682 — Christopher  Taylor,  1684— Thomas  Lloyd, 

1682 — Thomas  Holme,  1684— Thomas  Janney, 

1682 — Lawrence  Cock,  1684— Luke  Watson, 

1682— William  Clark,  1684 — John  Cann, 

1682 — John  Milliard,  1684 — William  Southebe, 

1682— William  Haigue.  1684— William  Darvall,      ' 

1682 — John  Moll,  1684 — Peter  Alrichs, 

1682— Ralph  Withers,  1685— John  Barnes, 

1682 — John  Simcock,  1685 — Nicholas  Newlin, 

1682 — Francis  Whitwell,  1685 — Phineas  Pemberton, 

1682— Edmund  Cantwell,  1685— William  Frampton, 

1682— William  Clayton,  1685 — Edward  Green, 

1682— William  Biles,  1685— Robert  Turner, 

1682 — James  Harrison,  -  1686 — Francis  Harrison, 

1682 — John  Richardson,  1686 — Arthur  Cooke, 

1683 — Edward  Southern,  1687 — Major  William  Dyer, 

1683 — Jonn  Roads,  1687 — Griffith  Jones, 

1684 — .William  Welch,  1687 — James  Claypoole, 

month,  and  Thomas  Mifflin,  of  Philadelphia,  who  had  been  President  of  the 
Supreme  Executive  Council  since  Nov.  5,  1788,  was  elected,  and  on  Dec.  21, 
1790,  inaugurated  as  Governor  in  Philadelphia,  "with  much  ceremony."  He 
was  Governor  until  Dec.  17,  1799,  a  period  of  nine  years,  having  been  twice 
re-elected.  Joseph  Ritner,  of  Washington  County,  was  Governor  from  Dec.  15, 
1835,  until  the  third  Tuesday  of  January,  1839,  the  beginning  of  the  gubernato- 
rial term  having  been  changed  by  the  amended  Constitution  of  1838  from  the 
third  Tue-- "±^7  ^r  December  to  the  third  Tuesday  of  January.  Governor  Shunk 
resigned  on  th;  gth  day  of  July,  1848,  when  William  Freame  Johnston,  of 
Armstrong,  vvl'  >  was  Speaker  of  the  Senate,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  became 
Governor  until  the  third  Tuesday  of  Jan'y,  1849.  In  the  meantime,  Governor 
Johnston  had  been  elected  at  the  October  election,  in  1848,  and  on  the  third 
Tuesday  of  January,  1849,  was  inaugurated,  and  served  a  full  term.  Andrew 
Gregg  Curtin,  of  Centre  County,  was  Governor  for  two  terms,  covering  the 
entire  period  of  the  Rebellion.  Robert  Emory  Pattison,  was  elected  on  Nov. 
7,  1882,  to  serve  as  Governor  for  four  years  from  the  third  Tuesday  in 
January  (the  i6th),  1883;  he  is  but  thirty-two  years  of  age,  being  our  youngest 
Governor.  Mifflin,  at  his  inauguration,  was  46;  McKean,  65  ;  Snyder,  49; 
Findlay,  49;  Hiester,  68;  Shulze,  48;  Wolf,  52:  Ritner,  55;  Porter,  51; 
Shunk,  57  ;  Johnston,  40;  Bigler,  38;  Pollock,  45;  Packer,  51;  Curtin,  44; 
Geary,  48;  Hartranft,  43,  and  Hoyt,  49  years  of  age.  The  Constitution  of 
1790,  provided  that  a  Governor  could  be  elected  for  three  terms  successively. 
The  amended  Constitution  of^  1838,  limited  the  time  to  two  terms,  and  that  of 
1873,  to  one  term  of  four  years.  Philadelphia  was  the  Capitol  of  the  Com- 
monwealth until  1799,  when  the  seat  of  government  was  removed  to  Lancas- 
ter, where  it  continued  until  1812,  when  Harrisburg  was  made,  the  Capital. 
Of  these  eighteen  former  Governors  of  the  State,  only  four  are  now  living, 
namely:  Pollock,  Curtin,  Hartranft  and  Hoyt. 
99 


106 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


1687—  John  Bristow, 
1687  —  Joseph  Growden, 
1687  —  Samuel  Carpenter, 

1687  —  John  Eckley, 

1  688  —  Bartholomew  Coppock, 

1688—  William  Yardley, 

1688  —  Samuel  Richardson, 

1688  —  John  d'Haas, 

1689  —  John  Hill, 

1689—  William  'Stockdale, 
\  1689  —  John  Curtis, 

1690  —  Griffith  Owen, 
1690  —  Thomas  Clifton, 
1690  —  Thomas  Duckett, 
1690  —  John  Brinckloe,1 

1  693  •*-  Andrew  Robeson, 
1  693  —  Patrick  Robinson, 
1693  —  Lawrence  Cock, 
1693  —  William  Salway, 

1693  —  George  Forman, 

1694  —  Charles  Sanders, 

1694  —  John  Donaldson, 

1695  —  Anthony  Morris, 
1695  —  David  Lloyd,2 
1695  —  Caleb  Pusey, 
1695  —  George  Maris, 
1695  —  John  Williams, 
1695—  Richard  Halliwell, 
1695—  Robert  Clifton, 

1695  —  Richard  Willson, 

1696  —  Edward  Shippen, 
1698  —  William  Rodeney,1 
1700  —  Richard  Hough, 
1700  —  Jasper  Yeates, 
1700  —  Samuel  Preston, 
1700  —  Thomas  Fenwick, 


1726- 
1727- 
1728- 
1728- 
1728- 


I733~ 
1741- 
1741- 


-Robert  French, 
-Thomas  Story, 
-Humphrey  Murry, 
-John  Guest, 
-Samuel  Finney, 
-John  Blunston, 
-James  Logan, 
-John  Finney, 
-Roger  Mompessou, 
-William  Trent, 
-William  Penn,  Jr., 
-Richard  Hill, 
-George  Roche, 
-Joseph  Pidgeon, 
-Isaac  Norris, 
-Anthony  Palmer, 
-Jonathan  Dickinson, 
-Robert  Assheton, 
-Col.  John  French, 
-Thomas  Masters, 
-Andrew  Hamilton, 
-Henry  Brooke, 
-William  Assheton, 
-William  Fish  bourn, 
-Josiah  Rolfe, 
-Francis  Rawle, 
-Dr.  Thomas  Graeme, 
-Evan  Owen, 
-Clement  Plumsted, 
-Samuel  Hase'll, 
-Thomas  Lawrence, 
-Ralph  Assheton, 
-Thomas  Griffitts, 
-Charles  Read, 
-Abram  Taylor, 
-Robert  Strettell, 


1  Brinckloe,  Clark,  Fishbourn,  Murry,  William  and  Caesar,  and  Rodeney,  is 
the  spelling  in  their  signatures.  Despite  the  utmost  care  these  names  have 
been  mis-spelt  heretofore. 

*"Sir: — Having  had  some  experience  of  Your  Loyalty  to  Our  most  gracious 
Soveraign  KING  WILLIAM  and  ffidelity  to  Our  Proprietor  I  have  thought  fitt  to 
Nominate  You  One  of  the  Proprietors  Councill  for  this  Governm*.  And  in 
Order  of  Settling  affairs  of  great  Importancy  I  doe  require  you  to  Attend  me  at 
Philadelphia  the  fifteenth  day  Instance.  So  I  bid  You  heartily  farewell 

Your  affectionate  fritnd 

Philadelphia  this  yth  (the  rest  defaced)  \\ M  MARKHAM." 

To  David  Lloyd.     These 

David  Lloyd  first  sat  at  the  Council  held  April  23,  1695.  I  am  indebted  to 
Furman  ,Sheppard,  Esq.,  for  this  interesting  paper. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


167 


1741 — William  Till, 
1745 — Benjamin  Shoemaker, 
1745 — James  Hamilton, 
1747 — Lawrence  Growden, 
1747 — William  Logan, 
1747 — Joseph  Turner, 
1747 — Thomas  Hopkinson, 
1749 — Rev.  Richard  Peters, 
!753— John  Perm, 


1755 — Lyn-Ford  Lardner,1 
1 755  — Dr.  Thos.  Cadwalader, 
1756 — Benjamin  Chew, 
1756 — John  Mifflin, 
1759 — John  Moland, 
1764 — Richard  Penn, 
1767 — James  Tilghman, 
1770 — Edward  Shippen,  Jr., 
1770 — Andrew  Allen. 


Clerks  of  Provincial  Council, 

AND   SECRETARIES   OP   THE   PROVINCE. 


Richard  Ingelo,  appointed          Oct.    27, 

Dr.  Nicholas  More,  "  2,  3  mo., 

William  Markham,  "  28,  3  mo., 

David  Jamison,  "  April  26, 

Patrick  Robinson,  '*  3,  4  mo., 

James  Logan,  "  15,  7  mo., 

Robert  Assheton,  Deputy,     "  24,  9  mo., 

Ralph  Assheton,  "           "  Oct.    12, 

George  Barclay,  "           "  May   31, 

Dr.  Patrick  Baird,  "  May   20, 

Robert  Charles,2  Sept.   15, 

Thomas  Lawrie,  "  Aug.    i, 

Dr.  Patrick  Baird,  "  July   21, 

Rev.  Richard  Peters,  "  Feb.  14,  1742-3 

William  Peters,   Deputy,       "  Feb.    15,   1758 

Joseph  Shippen,  Jr.,  "  J 


1682 
1683 
1685 
1693 
1693 
1701 
1709 
1713 
1717 
1723 
1726 
1738 
1.740 


2> 


Speakers  of  the  Assembly, 

OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 


1682  — Dr.  Nicholas  More,3 
i682-3~Dr.  Thomas  Wynne,4 

1683  — John  Songhurst,5 

1684  — Dr.  Nicholas  More,6 
i685-8-John  White, 

1689  — Arthur  Cooke, 
1690-3— Joseph  Growden,7 
1692  — William  Clark, 
1694  — David  Lloyd, 


1695  —  Edward  Shippen, 

1696  —  John  Simcock, 

1697  —  John  Blunston, 
1700-2 — Joseph  Growden, 
1 702-3 — No  .organization, 
1-703-5 — David  Lloyd, 
1705-6— Joseph  Growden, 
i7o6-io-David  Lloyd, 
1710-12— Richard  Hill, 


1His  signature  was  Lyn-Ford;  he  died,  Oct.  6,  1774,  aged  58. 

3  In  IX.  Pa.  Archives,  (2(1  series),  p.  634,  John  Georges  is  given  as  Prov. 
Secretary  in  1733,  Robert  Charles,  in  1735,  and  Joseph  Growden,  in  1736 
but  there  are  no  entries  in  the  Colonial  Records  noting  such  appointments. 

3  During  the  first  session,  at  Chester. 

4  ad  session,  1682,  and  for  1683.     Died,  ist  mo.  i6th,  1692. 

5  Deputy,  24th,  8th  mo.,  1683.         6In  place  of  Francis  Fincher,  declined. 
7  Minutes  of  the  Session  of  1691-2  are  missing. 


168 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


I7i3-i4 

i7i4-i5 

1  7  1  5  -  1  6 

i7i6-i7 

i7i7-i8 

I7i8-i9 

i7i9-2o 

1720-1 

1  721-2 

1722-3 

1723-4 

1724-5 

1725-9 

I729'33 

1  733-4 

1734-9 


1745  — 

I745-5° 
1750-6  — 


Norris, 
joseph  Growden, 
David  Lloyd, 
Joseph  Growden, 
Richard  Hill, 
William  Trent, 
jonathan  Dickinson, 
William  Trent, 
Isaac  Norris, 
Jeremiah  Langhorne, 
Joseph  Growden, 
David  Lloyd, 
William  Biles, 
David  Lloyd, 
Andrew  Hamilton, 
Jeremiah  Langhorne, 
Andrew  Hamilton, 
]°^n  Kinsey, 
John  Wright,  (sick), 
J°hn  Kinsey,1 
Isaac  Norris, 
Benjamin  Chew,2 


1788-9— Richard  Peters. 


1756-8 — Isaac  Norris, 
1758-9 — Isaac  Leech, * 
1758-9 — Isaac  Norris, 
1759  —  Isaac  Leech, 
i759-64-Isaac  Norris, 
1764 —  Benjamin  Franklin, 
1764-5  — Isaac  Norris, 
1765-6 — Joseph  Fox, 
1765-9 — Joseph  Gallown\ . 
1769  —  -  John  Fox,4 
i769-73~Joseph  Galloway, 
1773  —  Thomas  McKeun.4 
1773-4 — Joseph  Galloway, 
1774-5 — Edward  Biddk-, 
1775  —  John  Morton,5 
1775-6 — John  Morton, 
1776-7 — John  Jacobs, 
i777-8o-John  Bayard, 
1780-3 — F.  A.  Muhlenberg, 
1783-4 — George  Gray, 
1 784-5 — John  Bayard, 
1 785-8— Thomas  'Mifflin, 


CLERKS  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY. 


1683-6 

1686-9 

i689-92 

1692-5 

1695-8 

1698-9 

1699  — 

1700  — 
1701-5 
1705  — 
1706-9 
1709  — 
i7io-Li 
i7ii-i7 


-John  Southworth,  1717 

-John  Claypoole,  1722 

-David  Lloyd,  1723 

-William  Alloway,  1728- 

-Francis  Cooke,  J73° 

-Jonathan  Dickinson,  1736 

Stephen  Coleman,  1751 

Aurelius  Hoskins,  1756 

-John  Antrobus,  1776 

Maurice  Lisle,  *777 

-Thomas  Makin,  17T9 

Joseph  Willcox,  1780 

-Richard  Heath,  1783 

-Thomas  Wilson,  1790 


1789-90  —Jacob   Shallus, 


22-Maurice  Lisle, 
3 — Aquila  Rose, 
8 — Thomas  Leach, 
3o-John  Roberts, 
6 — Joseph  Growden, 
-5i-Benjamin  Franklin, 
-6 — William  Franklin, 
-75-Charles  Moore, 

—  Caleb  Davis,  pro  tern. 

—  John  Morris,  Jr., 

—  Thomas  Paine, 

—  Samuel  Sterrett, 

—  Peter  Zachary  Lloyd, 
-  Joseph  Redman, 

Assistant. 


1  Died  before  Aug.  9.  1750. 

1  But  being  called  to  Council,  it  vacated  his  seat  in  the  Assembly. 

3  Leech  was  elected  to  serve  during  the  frequent  sickness  of  Mr. 

*  Part  of  session  only. 

•''Elected  on  March  15,  1775,  f°r  Part  of  session. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


169 


DOORKEEPERS  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY. 


-Richard  Reynolds, 
-William   Ellingworth, 
-George  Moore,    • 
-Charles  Ware, 
-Thomas  Curtis, 
-Daniel  Smith, 
-WilliamWoodmansey, 
-John  Grant, 
-Nicholas  Rosogan,1 


1686- 
1689- 
1690- 
1692- 
1693- 
1697- 
1700- 
1700- 
1704- 


1719- 

1722- 
1728- 


Thomas  Lloyd, 
Thomas  Story,4 
Thomas  Griffitts,5 
Lyn-Ford  Lardner, 
Richard  Hockley, 
Edmund  Physick, 
Timothy  Matlack,6 


1728 — James  Mackey, 
I73I — John  Campbell, 
X732 — John  Remington, 
1736 — Stephen  Potts, 
1741 — Thomas  Burdin, 
1749 — Edward  Kelly, 
1756 — David  Edwards, 
1758 — Andrew  McNair," 
1789 — Joseph  Fry. 


SERGEANTS-AT-ARMS. 

-Peter  Worrall,  1739 — James  Pilchard, 

-John  Eyer,  1741 — Samuel  Kirke, 

-James  Mackey,  1771 — William  Shedd,8 

1789 — James  Martin. 

Keepers  of  the  Great   Seal, 

OP    THt    PROVINCE   OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 


commissioned 


27,  iobr.,  1683 
25,  2  mo.,  1700 
Nov.  3, 
Dec.  12, 
Mar.  28, 
Jan'y  i, 


1727 
1746 

J753 
1769 
1777 


Secretaries  of  the  Commonwealth. 

appointed 


Timothy  Matlack, 
John  Armstrong,  Jr., 
Charles  Biddle, 

James  Trimble,7 
Alexander  James  Dallas, 
Thomas  McKean  Thompson, 
Nathaniel  B.  Boileau, 
Thomas  Sergeant, 
Samuel  D.  Ingham, 
Andrew  Gregg, 


Mar.  6, 
Mar.  25, 
Oct.  23, 
Nov.  12, 
Jan'y  19, 
April  28, 
Dec.  20, 
Dec.  1 6, 
July  6, 
Dec.  19, 


1777 

1783 
1787 
1788 
1791 
1801 
1808 
1817 
1819 
1820 


1  In  office  until  1725.  2  Still  in  office  in  1775. 

3  In  Minutes  of  Common   Council,  this  name  is  spelled  Sheed,  pp.  666-9. 

4  Edward  Shippen,  Griffith  Owen  and  James  Logan  are  mentioned  on  July 
1 1,  1702,  and  on  February  3,  1705,  as  Deputies  to  the  Master  of  Rolls. 

5  In  office  (see  votes  of  Assembly)  until  1 746. 

6  He  was  sick  and  in  office,  Feb.   14,   1809;   14  C.  R.,  605,  and  Timothy 
Matlack,  Jr.,  was  his  father's  deputy  in  1809;  see  Patent  Book,  No.  60,  p.  277. 

'Assistant  Secretary  from  Nov,  12,  1788,  to  Jan.  14,  1836. 


170 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Molton  Cropper  Rogers,     appointed         Dec.    16,   1823 

Major  Isaac  I).  Barnard,1  '  Jan'y    2,    1826 

Calvin  Blythe,  Nov.   28,  1827 

Samuel  McKean,  '  %  Dec.   16,   1829 

James  Findlay,  Dec.   17,   1833 

Thomas  H.  Burrowes,  Dec.    15,   1835 

Francis  Rahn  Shunk,2  Jan'y  15?  1839 

Anson  Virgil  Parsons,  '  Jan'y  25,  1842 

Charles  McClure,  Feb'y  20,  1843 

Jesse  Miller,  '  Jan'y  21,  1845 

Townsend  Haines,  '  July   29,    1848 

Alexander  L.  Russell,  '  Jan'y  25,  1850 

Francis  Wade  Hughes,  '  Jan'y  21.  1852 

Charles  A.  Black,  '  Mar.    15,   1853 

Andrew  Gregg  Curtin,  '  Jan'y  i7>  1855 

William  M.  Hiester,  '  Ja"'y  20,  1858 

EliSlifer,  '  Jan'y  16,  1861 

Francis  Jordan,  '  Jan'y  16,  1867 

Matthew  Stanley  Quay,           '   '  Jan'y  22,  1873 

John  Blair  Linn,  '  May   15,    1878 

Matthew  Stanley  Quay,  '  —  — ,   1879 

Francis  Jordan,  '  Nov.    4,    1882 

William  S.  Stenger,  '  Jan'y  1 6,   1883 

Treasurers  of  Pennsylvania. 

Samuel  Carpenter,  Deputy  28, 5  mo.,  1685 

Robert  Turner, 

Samuel  Carpenter, 

James  Fox, 

Samuel  Carpenter, 

Samuel  Preston,3 

Michael  Lightfoot, 

Samuel  Preston  Moore, 

Owen  Jones, 

Michael  Hillegas,4  June   30,   1775 

1  Mr.  Barnard  was  a  member  of  the   Delaware  County  Bar,   previously   a 
Major  in  the  Regular  Army  of  the  United  States  during  the  War  of  1812  ;  see 
Martin's  History  of  Chester,  410  and  474. 

2  Not  Rawn,  as  in  Armor's  "  Governors  of  Pennsylvania." 

1  Samuel  Preston  died  Sept.  1743,  aged  80  years;  he  was  appointed  by  the 
Assembly  in  the  place  of  Carpenter,  deceased. 

4 See  10 C.  fi.,  281, and  " THE  ACCOUNTS  OF  PENNSYLVANIA." — Arare  book, 
the  only  full  copy  of  which  I  ever  saw,  I  purchased  at  a  book-stand,  for  the 
Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  some  years  ago.  The  Accounts  were  first 
published  in  pamphlet  form,  being  the  accounts  of  the  State  Treasurers  and 
Collectors  of  Excise,  and  brief  reviews  of  the  accounts  of  the  Treasury  of 
Pennsylvania  from  the  time  of  the  commencement  of  the  Revolution  to  Oct.  i, 
1782,  and  the  accounts  of  the  several  counties  for  their  Taxes  to  October,  1782. 
Volume  1st,  printed  in  1784,  at  Philadelphia,  Hall  &  Sellers,  by  order  of  the 
Assembly,  Dec.  9,  1783. 


in  office 

before 
appointed 

it 

n 

Aug.    -8,    1693 
Aug.    28,   1701 
20,  2  mo.,  1709 
Mar.5,  1710-11 
6  mo.   7,  1714 
Nov.   17,   1743 
Dec.    4,    1754 
Oct.    15,   1768 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


171 


David  Rittenhouse, 
Christian  Febiger,1 
Peter  Baynton, 
Jacob  Carpenter, 
Isaac  Weaver,  Jr., 
Andrew  Gregg, 
William  Findlay, 
Richard  M.  Grain, 
John  B.  Trevor, 
William  Clark, 
Alexander  Mahon, 
Joseph  Lawrence, 
Daniel  Sturgeon, 
Almon  H.  Reed, 
John  Gilmore, 
Job  Mann, 

James  Ross  Snowden, 
John  Banks, 
Arnold  Plainer, 
Gideon  J.  Ball, 
John  M.  Bickel,* 
Joseph  Bailey, 
Eli  Slifer, 
Henry  S.  Magraw, 
Eli  Slifer, 
Henry  D.  Moore, 
William  V.  McGrath, 
Henry  D.  Moore, 
William  H.  Kemble, 
William  W.  Invin. 
Robert  W.  Mackey, 
William  W.  Irwin, 
Robert  W.  Mackey, 
Henry  Rawle, 
Amos  C.  Noyes,5 
Samuel  Butler, 
Silas  M.  Baily, 


appointed        Jan'y  14,  1777 

commissioned      Nov'   13,  1789 

Jan'y  10,  1797 

tn  office     Jan'y  13,  1801 

1802  to  1806 

1806  to  1807 

1807  to  1817 
1817  to.  1820 

1820  to  1821 

1821  to  1827 
1827  to  1835 
'835  to  1836 
1836  to  1840 

1840  to  1841 

1841  to  1842 

1842  to  1845 
1845  to  l847 

1847  to  1848 

1848  to  1849 

1849  to  ^SQ 

1850  to  1854 

1854  to  1855 

1855  to  1856 

1856  to  1859 
1859  to  1861 
1861  to  1863 

1863  to  1864 

1864  to  1865 

1865  to  1868 

1868  to  1869 

1869  to  1870 

1870  to  1871 

1871  to    1876 
1876    to    1878 
1878    to    1880 
May    3,     1880 
May    i,     1882 


Commissioners, 

FOB   THE  SETTLING    OF   THE  PRESENT  COLONY, 
Appointed  by     William    Penn,    °]th    mo.  jotfi,    1681. 

William  Crispin,         John  Bezar,         Nathaniel  Allen. 

The  original  commission  is  in  the  possession  of  the  Historical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania,  and  hangs  framed  in  their  fire-proof. 

1  Re -appointed  Sept.  4,  1790.     His  last  commission  is  dated  January,  1796. 
He  died  Sept.  20,  1796,  aged  49. 
'Died,  April  20,  1881,  aged  72.     3 Ex-Treasurer  Noyes  died  Sept.  2,  1880. 


172 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


The  names  of  the  witnesses  are  :  Richard  Vickris,  Charles  Jones, 
Jr.,  Ralph  Withers,  Thomas  Callowhill  and  Philip  Th.  Lehnmann. 


Commissioners  of  Property. 


1684- 
1684- 
1684- 
1686- 
1686- 
1686- 
1689- 
1689- 
1689- 
1689- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 
1694- 


-Thomas  Lloyd,  1701- 

-James  Claypoole,  1701- 

-Robert  Turner,  1701- 

Thomas  Ellis,  Dep'y,  1701- 

John  Goodsonn,    "  1711- 

-  Wm.  Markham,  Sec'y,  1711- 
-William  Markham,  1711- 
-Robert  Turner,  1711- 
-Dr.  John  Goodsonn,  1711- 

-  Samuel  Carpenter,  1725~ 
-Thomas  Holme,  I725~ 
-Robert  Turner,  I725~ 
-Arthur  Cooke,  1725- 
-Samuel  Carpenter,  IT25~ 
-Dr.  John  Goodsonn,  1728- 
-Francis  Rawle,  1728- 
-Phineas  Pemberton,  1728- 

1728 — James  Logan. 


-Edward  Shippen, 
-Griffith  Owen, 
-Thomas  Story, 
-James  Logan, 
-Edward  Shippen, 
-Samuel  Carpenter, 
-Richard  Hill, 
-Isaac  Norris, 
-James  Logan, 
-Richard  Hill. 
-Isaac  Norris, 
-James  Logan, 
-Robert  Assheton. 
-Thomas  Griffith, 
-Richard  Hill, 
-Isaac  Norris, 
-Samuel  Preston, 


In  1741,  James  Steel,  Richard  Peters  and  Lyn-Ford  Lardner, 
were  appointed  Agents  of  the  Proprietary  Estates  of  John,  Thomas 
and  Richard  Penn. 


Receivers-General  of  the  Land  Office. 

Capt.  John  Blackwell,  commissioned    Sept.   25,  1689 

Samuel  Jenings,1  July    15,    1690 

Robert  Turner,  June    i,     1693 

James  Logan,  Oct.    29,   1701 

Francis  Steel,  Jan'y  3°>  I7I4 

James  Steel,  Dec.   16,   1732 

Lyn-Ford  Lardner,  Aug.    8,    1741 

Richard  Hockley,  Mar.   28,   1753 

Edmund  Physick,  Jan'y    i,    1769 

Francis  Johnston,  April  10,  1781 

Frederick  Aug.  Muhlenberg,  Jan'y  8,    1800 

John  McKissick,  June  13,    1801 

Office  abolished  by  Act  of  March  29,  1809,  and  the  duties 
devolved  upon  the  State  Treasurer,  and  the  books  placed  in 
charge  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Land  Office. 

1  Benjamin  Chambers,  Deputy,  commissioned  November  i,  1690. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  173 

Secretaries  of  the  Land  Office. 

1687 — William  Markham,  1800 — Tench  Coxe, 

1733 — John  Georges,  1801 — Andrew  Ellicott, 

1737 — Rev.  Richard  Peters,  1809 — John  Cochran,. 

1760— William  Peters,  1818— William  Clark, 

1769— James  Tilghman,  1821 — James  Brady, 

1781  —  David  Kennedy,  1824 — Joshua  Dickerson, 

1782 — James  Tilghman,  1830 — Samuel  Workman, 

1785 — David  Kennedy,  1836 — John  Gebhardt, 

1796 — John  Hall,  1839 — JohnKlingensmithJr. 

1799— Nathan  Luf  borough,  1842 — William  Hopkins. 

The  office  of  Secretary  of  the  Land  Office  was  abolished  by  Act 
of  April  17,  1843,  and  the  duties  of  the  office  were  transferred  to 
the  Surveyors-General. 

Proprietary  Agents  for  Issuing  Land  "Warrants 
and  Patents. 

1732 — Thomas  Penn,  1748 — James  Hamilton, 

1 734 — John  Penn,  1 754 — Robert  Hunter  Morris, 

1734— Thomas  Penn,  1756 — William  Denny, 

1735 — Thomas  Penn,  1759 — James  Hamilton, 

1743 — George  Thomas,  1763 — John  Penn,1 

1747 — Anthony  Palmer,  1771 — Richard  Penn,1 
1773 — John  Penn. 

Proprietary's   Secretaries. 

Philip Tta  Lehnmann,      commissioned       2,  2  mo.,  1683 

William  Markham, 

Patrick  Robinson, 

James  Logan, 

Rev.  Richard  Peters, 

Joseph  Shippen,  Jr., 


1685 
3,  4  mo.,  1693 
27,8mo.,  1701 
6,  4  mo,,  1747 
Jan'y  2,  1762 


Surveyors-General,2 

•  OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 

Silas  Crispin,  appointed          — ,   1681 

Thomas  Holme,3  commissioned  j8,  2  mo. ,1682 

Edward  Penington,                    "  Feb'y  20,  1698 

Thomas  Fairman,*                      "  Oct.    29,   1702 

1  Sons  of  Richard  Penn. 

2  Davis,  in  his  History  of  Bucks   County,  erroneously  calls   Col.  William 
Markham,  "  Penn's  Surveyor-General,"  p.  106. 

'Thomas   Holme   died    1695,  he   was   a   native   of  Waterford,  Ireland. 
*  In  a  note  to  p.  182,  I  Logan  Papers,  Surveyor- General,  3d,  2  mo.,  1703. 
23 


174 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Jacob  Taylor,1 
Benjamin  Eastburn, 
William  Parsons, 
Nicholas  Scull, 
John  Lukens,2 
Daniel  Brodhead, 
Samuel  Cochran, 
Andrew  Porter, 
Richard  T.  Leech, 
Jacob  Spangler, 
Samuel  Cochran, 
Gabriel  Hiester, 
Jacob  Spangler, 
John  Taylor, 
Jacob  Sallade, 
John  Laporte, 
John  Porter  Brawley, 
John  Rowe,3 
William  H.  Keim, 
Henry  Souther, 
James  P.  Barr, 
Jacob  M.  Campbell, 
Robert  B.  Beath, 


commissioned 


Nov.  20,  1706 

Oct.  29,  1733 

Aug.  22,  1741 

June  14,  1748 

Dec.  8,  1761 

Nov.  3,  1789 

April  23,  1800 

May  10,  1809 

Dec.  7,  1813 

Feb.  13,  1818 

May  n,  1821 

May  n,  1824 

May  10,  1830 

May  10,  1836 

May  10,  1839 

May  10,  1845 

May  5,  1851 

May  4,  1857 

May  7,  1860 

Dec.  27.  1861 

May  4,  1863 

May  7,  1866 

May  6,  1872 


By  the  Constitution  of  1873, tne  office  of  Surveyor-General  was 
abolished,  and  the  duties  transferred  to  a  new  department  called 
Internal  Affairs,  to  go  into  effect  May  4,  1875. 

The  Secretaries  of  Internal  Affairs. 

Term  of  office,  four  years. 

William  McCandless,       commissioned      May    4,     1875 
Aaron  K.  Dunkel,  "  May    6,     1879 

J.  Simpson  Africa,  elected  Nov.     7,    1882 

Auditors  of  Accounts.4 


1779 — John  Nixon, 
1780 — William  Govett, 
1780 — William  Geddes, 
1780 — Samuel  Miles, 
1780 — John  Purviance, 


1780 — John  Shee, 
1780 — Jacob  Morris, 
1780 — Joseph  Dean, 
1781 — Jona.  Bayard  Smith, 
1781 — James  Stevenson, 


1781 — John  Nicholson. 

1  Jacob  Taylor  died,  February,  1745-6.  J  Lukens  died  in   1789. 

3  John  Rowe  died,  Dec.  27,  1880,  aged  66. 

4  The  Accounts  of  Pennsylvania  is  a  very  interesting  publication,  containing 
the  names  of  all  persons  in  the  State  who  paid  taxes  during  the  above  period. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  175 

Auditors-General, 

OP    PENNSYLVANIA. 

1772 — Richard  Hockley,1  1.836 — Nathaniel  P.   Hobart, 

1778 — Edward  Fox,2  1839 — George  R.  Espy, 

1785 — John  Nicholson,  1842 — William  F.  Packer, 

1789 — John  Donnaldson,  1845 — J°hn  N.  Purviance, 
1794 — Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,    1851 — Ephraim  Banks, 

1795 — Samuel  Bryan,8   •  1857 — Jacob  Fry,  Jr., 

1801 — George  Duffield,  1860 — Thomas  E.  Cochran, 

1805 — John  Kean,  1:863 — Isaac  Slenker, 

1808 — Richard  M.  Grain,  1866 — John  Fred.  Hartranft, 

1809 — George  Bryan,  1872 — Harrison  Allen, 

1821 — James  Duncan,  1875 — Justis  F.  Temple, 

1824— David  Mann,  1878— William  P.  Schell, 

1830 — Daniel  Sturgeon,  1881 — John  A.  Lemon. 

Dr.  David  Stanton  was  elected  Auditor-General  in  1871,  but 
died  before  assuming  office,  and  Hartranft  held  over  until 
December,  1872,  by  direction  of  the  Legislature. 

Comptrollers-General. 

Office  created  by  Act  of  April  13,  1782. 

John  Nicholson,  commissioned  Nbv.    8,    1782 

John  Donnaldson,                       "  April   12,  1794 

Samuel  Bryan,                             "  Oct.    13,    1801 

George  Duffield,                         "  Oct.    15,    1805 

Registers-General  of  (Taxes)  Public  Accounts. 

Act  of  March  27,  1789. 

John  Donnaldson,  commissioned      Mar.   27,   1789 

Samuel  Bryan,  in  office  — ,   1796 

Escheators-General. 

Henry  Osbourne,  commissioned  Feb.    20,  1781 

John  Nicholson,  "  Oct.     2,  1787 

Clement  Biddle,  "  Nov.   25,  1795 

William  N.  Irvine,  "  Sept.    14,  1815 

The  office  of  Escheator-General  was  abolished  in  1821,  and  the 
duties  thereof  transferred  to  the  Auditor-General  by  the  Act. 

1  2  Proiufs  History  of  Pa.,  p.  290.     In  Gordon's  History  of  Pennsylvania, 
\i.  628,  appendix,  Richard  Hockley  is  called  Auditor-General  of  the  Land  Office. 
-Davis'  History  of  Bucks,  703.     "Auditor-General,  Mr.  Edward  Fox." 
:!  For  some  account  of  Samuel  Bryan,  see  U.  S.  Gazette,  of  Sept.  7,  1842.     I 
have  a  letter  dated  May   12,   1808,  addressed  to  "Mr.  Samuel  Bryan,  Esq., 
Register-General,"  enclosing  a  "  return  of  Exempts  in  the  County  of  Bucks," 
signed.  "  Joseph  Hart,  B.  J." 


176 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAH 


Official. 
Name. 

John  Bull, 
James  Wilkinson,1 
John  Armstrong, 
Josiah  Harmar,1 
Peter  Baynton, 
Richard  Humpton, 
Mahlon  Dickerson, 
Thomas  McKean,  Jr., 
William  Reed, 
William  N.  Irvine, 
William  Duncan, 
John  M.  Hyneman, 
Nathaniel  B.  Boileau, 
William  N.  Irvine, 
Robert  Carr, 
George  Bryan  Porter, 
Simon  Cameron, 


Adjutants-General, 

OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

Furnished  me  by  the  kindness  of  Gen.  Latta. 
Appointed. 

June  17,  1777 


Oct.    2, 


Vacated. 

Jan.    7,    1778 
Oct.    2,   1784 


Feb.  27,  1799 

— ,  1802 

Jan'y  i,  1805 

July  23,  1808 

commissioned 


Feb.  27,  1799 
Mav   i,   1800 


]uly  22,  1808 


Aug.  3,  1811 
July  6,  1813 
Sept.  20,  1813 
Aug.  i,  1814 
Mar.  29,  1816 
Oct.  i,  1816 
Aug.  23,  1821 
Aug.  4,  1824 
Aug.  19,  1829 


1  Two  of  our  Adjutants-General  have  commanded  the  Army  of  the  United 
States,  as  will  appear  by  the  following  list  I  compiled  several  years  ago  : 

COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF   OF  THE    UNITED    STATES    ARMY. 

• 

Gen.  George  Washington,  Virginia,  June  17,  1775 

Maj.  Gen.  Henry  Knox,  Massachusetts,  Dec.  23,  1783 

The  Senior  Capt.  of  Artillery,     Name  unknown,  June  20,  1784 

Lt.  Col.  &  Bvt.  Brig  Gen.  Josiah  Harmar,  Penna.,  Sept.  — ,  1788 

Maj.  Gen.  Arthur  St.  Clair,  Pennsylvania,  Mar.    ^,    1791 

Maj.  Gen.  Anthony  Wayne,  "  Mar.  — ,  1792 

Brig.  Gen.  James  Wilkinson,  Maryland,  Dec.  15,  1796 

Lieut.  Gen.  George  Washington,         Virginia,  July    3,    1798 

Maj.  Gen.  Alexander  Hamilton,        New    York,  Dec.  15,  1799 

Brig.  Gen.  James  Wilkinson,  Maryland,  June  — ,  1800 

Maj.  Gen.  Henry  Dearborn,  Massachusetts,  Feb.   27,  1812 

Maj.  Gen.  Jacob  Brown,  Pennsylvania,  June  — ,  1815 

Maj.  Gen.  Alexander  McComb,         Michigan  May  24,  1828 

Maj.  Gen.  Winfield  Scott,'   .  Virginia,  June  25,  1841 

Maj.  Gen.  George  Brinton  McClellan,  Pennsylvania,     Nov.    i,    1861 

Maj.  Gen.  Henry  Wager  Hallack,    New  York,  July   II,  1862 

Lieut.  Gen.  Ulysses  Simpson  Grant,       Ohio,  Mar.  27,  1864 

Gen.  William  Tecumseh  Sherman,  "  Mar.  4,   1869 

Gen.  Knox  died,  Oct.  29,  1806,  aged  55.  St.  Clair  resigned,  March  5, 
1792.  Wayne  died,  December,  1796,  aged  51.  Washington  died,  Dec.  14, 
1799,  aged '68.  Wilkinson  removed  from  the  State  in  1784;  died,  Dec.  23, 
1825,  aged  68.  Scott  was  promoted,  March  29,  1847,  to  Lieutenant-Genera! 
by  brevet.  Grant  was  made  a  full  General  on  July  25,  1869. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  177 

Samuel  Power,  commissioned      May    3,     1830 


William  Piper, 
James  Kennedy  Moorheacl, 
Adam  Diller, 
George  W.  Bowman, 
William  H.  Irwin. 
James  Keenan, 
George  W.  Bowman, 
Thomas  J.  Power, 
Edwin  C.  Wilson, 
Edward  M.  Biddle, 
Alexander  L.  Russell, 
David  B.  McCreary, 
Alexander  L.  Russell, 
James  William  Latta, 
Pressly  N.  Guthrie, 


Aug.    3,  1836 

Aug.    3.  J839 

Aug.   12,  1839 

Aug.    3,  1845 

Aug.    3,  1848 

Feb'y   2,  1852 

Oct.    28,  1852 

Aug.    3,  1854 

Feb'y  5,  1858 

April  17,  1 86 1 

Jan'y   9,  1862 

Oct.    n,  1867 

Jan'y  4,  1870 

June    i,  1873 

Jan'y  16,  1883 


Members  of  the  Committee  of  Safety, 

AND   OF   THE   COUXCLL   OF   SAFETY. 

Which  superseded  the  Committee,  July  24,  ijjb, 

Appointed  by  the  Convention  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  from 

June  jo,  1775,  to  December  6,  1777. 

PRESIDENTS. 

Benjamin  Franklin,  elected  June  30,   1775 

Thomas  Wharton,  Jr.,  "  Aug.    6,    1776 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Robert  Morris,  elected  June  30,  1775 

David  Rittenhouse,  "  Aug.    6,   1776 

MEMBERS  OF  THE  COMMITTEE. 

John  Dickinson,  John  Cadwalader, 

George  Gray,  Andrew  Allen, 

Henry  Wynkoop,  Owen  Biddle, 

Anthony  Wayne,  Francis  Johnston, 
Benjamin  Bartholomew,         Richard  Reiley, 

George  Ross,  Samuel  Morris,  Jr., 

Michael  Swope,  Captain  Robert  Whyte, 

John  Montgomery,  Samuel  Miles,  October,  1775, 

Edward  Biddle,  George  Taylor, 

William  Edmonds,  Joseph  Reed, 

Bernard  Dougherty,  Nicholas  Fairlamb, 

Samuel  Hunter,  George  Clymer, 

William  Thompson,  Samuel  Howell, 

Thomas  Willing,  Alexander  Wilcocks, 

Daniel  Roberdeau,  John  Nixon, 


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James  Mease,  Samuel  Cadwalader  Morris, 

James  Biddle,  John  Bayard, 

Joseph  Parker,  1776,  Francis  Gurney, 

Michael  Hillegas,  William  Lyons, 

David  Rittenhouse,  Nathaniel  Falconer, 

James  Cannon,  Daniel  Hunter, 

Joseph  Blewer,  David  Epley, 

Frederick  Kuhl,  Joseph  Dean, 

Col.  John  Bull,  William  Moore, 

Timothy  Matlack,  Thomas  Fitzsimons, 

John  Moore,  Jonathan  Bayard  Smith, 

Henry  Keppele,  Jr.,  Peter  Rhoads, 

John  Weitzel,  Andrew  Caldwell, 

Samuel  Morris,  Sen.,  George  Campbell, 

John  Hubley,  Joseph  Marsh, 

John  Maxwell  Nesbit,  Treasurer, 

William  Govett,  Clerk. 

Council  of  Safety, 

FOR   THE   STATE   OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 

Oct.  17,  1777,  the  Assembly  enacted  that  the  Supreme  Execu- 
tive Council  and  the  following  should  be  a  Council  of  Safety  : 

Col.  John  Bayard,  Christopher  Marshall, 

Dr.  Joseph  Gardner,  Jacob  Arndt, 

Jonathan  Bayard  Smith,  Col.  Curtis  Grubb, 

Jonathan  Sergeant,  James  Cannon, 

David  Rittenhouse,  James  Smith,  of  Yorktown, 

Robert  Whitehill,  William  Henry,  of  Lancaster. 

Supreme  Executive  Council, 

OF  THE  STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

From  1777  to  1790. 

PRESIDENTS. 

Thomas  Wharton,  Jr.,           elected  March  5,  1777 

George  Bryan,1                       acting  May   23,   1778 

Joseph  Reed,                          elected  Dec.     i,    1778 

William  Moore,                           "  Nov.    14,   1781 

John  Dickinson,                          "  Nov.    7,    1782 

Benjamin  Franklin,                     "  Oct.    18,   1785 

David  Redick,                        acting  Oct.    15,   1788 

Thomas  Mifflin,                      elected  Nov.    5,    1788 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

George  Bryan,  elected  March  5,  1777 

Matthew  Smith,  "  Oct.    n,    1779 

1  Vice  Wharton,  deceased. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


179 


William  Moore, 
James  Potter, 
James  Ewing, 
James  Irvine, 
Charles  Biddle, 
Peter  Muhlenberg, 
David  Redick, 
George  Ross, 


elected 


Nov.    ii,  1779 

Nov.    14,  1781 

Nov.     7,  1782 

Nov.    6,  1784 

Oct.    10,  1785 

Oct.    31,  1787 

Oct.    14,  1788 

Nov.    5,  1788 


MEMBERS  OF  COUNCIL. 


Thomas  Wharton,  Jr., 
George  Bryan, 
John  Evans, 
Jonathan  Hoge, 
George  Taylor, 
John  Louden, 
John  Proctor, 
John  Hubley, 
Col.  Jacob  Morgan, 
Col.  Joseph  Hart, 
John  Bailey, 
Thomas  Urie, 
John  Hambright, 
James  Edgar, 
Jacob  Arndt, 
Thomas  Scott, 
John  Mackey, 
Matthew  Smith, 
James  Read, 
Joseph  Reed, 
James  Ewing, 
John  Lacey,  Jr., 
William  Moore, 
James  Thompson, 
Robert  Whitehill, 
John  Van  Campen, 
Col.  John  Piper, 
Gen.  James  Potter, 
Dr.  Joseph  Gardner, 
James  Cunningham, 
Christopher  Hayes, 
John  Bayard, 
Sebastian  Levan, 
John  Byers, 
Dorsey  Pentecost, 
John  Dickinson, 


James  Irvine, 
George  Wall,  Jr., 
John  McDowell, 
Samuel  John  Atlee, 
Stephen  Balliet, 
Bernard  Dougherty, 
Isaac  Meason, 
John  Neville, 
John  Boyd, 
Daniel  Hiester, 
Charles  Biddle, 
Richard  McAllister, 
John  Woods, 
James  McLene, 
Benjamin  Franklin, 
Henry  Hill, 
Evan  Evans, 
Samuel  Dean, 
Peter  Muhlenberg, 
William  Brown, 
Robert  Traill, 
William  Maclay, 
David  Redick, 
John  Smilie, 
John  Baird, 
Andrew  Billmyer, 
Nathan  Denison, 
Christopher  Kucher, 
George  Ross, 
Samuel  Edie, 
George  Woods, 
Frederick  Watts, 
John  Cannon, 
Abraham  Smith, 
Zebulon  Potts, 
Richard  Willing, 


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MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Amos  Gregg, 
Samuel  Miles, 
Thomas  Mifflin, 
John  Wilkins, 
James  Martin, 
William  Wilson, 


Jonas  Hartzel, 
Nathaniel  Breclin, 
Henry  Taylor, 
William  Findley, 
Benjamin  Elliott, 
Lord  Butler. 


Senators  of  the  United  States, 


William  Maclay, 
Robert  Morris, 
Albert  Gallatin, 
James  Ross, 
William  Bingham, 
Peter  Muhlenberg, 
George  Logan, 
Samuel  Maclay, 
Andrew  Gregg, 
Michael  Leib. 
Abner  Lacock, 
Jonathan  Roberts, 
Walter  Lowrie. 
William  Findlay, 
William  Marks, 
Isaac  D.  Barnard, 
George  Mifflin  Dallas, 
William  Wilkins, 
Samuel  McLean, 
James  Buchanan, 
Daniel  Sturgeon, 
Simon  Cameron, 


James  Cooper, 
Richard  Brodhead,  Jr., 
William  Bigler, 
Edgar  Cowan, 
David  Wilmot, 
Charles  R.  Buckalew, 
John  Scott, 
Willam  A.  Wallace, 
James  Donald  Cameron,1 
John  I.  Mitchell,2 


FROM    PENNSYLVANIA. 

elected 


1789  to  1791 

1789  to  1795 

1793  to  1794 

1794  to  1803 

1795  to  J8oi 
1801  to  1802 
1801  to  1807 
1803  to  1808 
1807  to  1813 
1809  to  1814 
1813  to  1819 
1815  to  1821 
1819  to  1825 
1821  to  1827 
1825  to  1831 
1827  to  1833 
1831  to  1833 
1831  to  1834 

1833  to  1839 

1834  to  1845 
1839  to  1851 
1845  to  T^49 
1857  to  1861 
1867  to  1877 
1849  to  1855 
1851  to  1857 
1855  to  1861 
1861  to  1867 
1861  to  1863 
1863  to  1869 
1869  to  1875 
1875  t°  l88i 
1877  to  1885 
1881  to  1887 


'The  unexpired term  of  his  father,  who  resigned;  and  on  Jan.  21,  1879,  he 
was  re-elected  for  six  years  from  March  4,  1879. 
2  Elected  for  six  years,  on  February  23,  1881. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


181 


Speakers  of  the  Senate, 

OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 


1791 — Richard  Peters, 
1792 — Samuel  Powel, 
1794 — Anthony  Morris, 
1795 — William  Bingham, 
1796 — Robert  Hare, 
1800 — John  Wood, 
1802 — Samuel  Maclay, 
1804— Robert  Whitehill, 
1806 — James  Brady, 
1807 — Presly  C.  Lane, 
1815 — John  Tod, 
1817 — Isaac  Weaver, 
1821 — William  Marks,  Jr., 
1825 — Thomas  Burnside, 
1826 — Alexander  Mahon, 
1828 — Daniel  Sturgeon, 
1830 — William  G.  Hawkins, 
1833 — Dr.  Jesse  R.  Burden, 
1834 — Thomas  Ringland, 
1835 — Jacob  Kern, 
1836 — T.  S.  Cunningham, 
1837 — Dr.  Jesse  R.  Burden, 
1838 — Charles  B.  Penrose, 
1840 — William  T.  Rogers, 
1840 — Eben.  Kingsbury,  Jr., 
1841 — Charles  B.  Penrose, 
1841 — J.  H.  Ewing, 
1842 — John  Strohm, 
1842 — William  Heister, 
1843 — Benjamin  Crispin, 
1844 — William  Bigler, 


1845— William  p-  Wilcox, 
1846 — Daniel  L.  Sherwood, 
1847 — Charles  Gibbons, 
1848— William  Williamson, 
1848 — William  F.  Johnston, 
1849 — George  Darsie, 
1850 — Valentine  Best, 
1851 — Benjamin  Matthias, 
1852— John  H.  Walker, 
1853 — Thomas  Carson, 
1854 — Maxwell  McCaslin, 
1855 — William  M.  Hiester, 
1856 — William  M.  Piatt, 
1857 — David  Taggart, 
1858— William  H.  Welsh, 
1859 — John  Cresswell,  Jr., 
1860 — William  M.  Francis, 
1 86 1 — Robert  M.  Palmer, 
1862— Louis  W.  Hall, 
1863 — George  V.  Lawrence, 
1864 — John  P.  Penny, 
1865— William  J.  Turrell, 
1866 — David  Fleming, 
1867— Louis  W.  Hall, 
1868 — James  L.  Graham, 
1869 — Wilmer  Worthington. 
1870 — Charles  H.  Stinson, 
1871 — William  A.  Wallace, 
1872 — James  S.  Rutan, 
1873 — George  H.  Anderson, 
1874 — Butler  B.  Strang. 


Lieutenant-Governors. 

Elected  under  the  Constitution  of  1873. 
To  preside  in  the  Senate. 

John  Latta,  elected  Nov. 

Charles  W.  Stone,  "  Nov. 

Chauncey  F.  Black,  "  Nov. 


1874 
1878 
1882 


Presidents  of  the  Senate. 

Pro  tempore. 

George  H.  Cutler,  elected  Jan'y  4,    1875 

Elisha  W.  Davis,  "•  Mar.   18,   1875 


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MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


John  C.  Newmyer,  elected      '      May    5,  1876 

Thomas  Vernon  Cooper,  "  Mar.    23,  1877 

Andrew  Jackson  Herr,  "  May   24,  1878 

John  Lamon,  "  June    6,  1879 

William  Imlay  Newell,  "  Jan'y  4,  1881 

Hugh  McNeill,  June    9,  1881 

John  Edgar  Reyburn,  Jan'y   2,  1883 


Speakers  of  the  House  of  Assembly, 

OF   THE    COMMONWEALTH    OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 


1791 — William  Bingham, 

1793 — Gerarcus  Wynkoop, 

1794 — George  Latimer, 

1799 — Cadwalader  Evans, 

1800 — Isaac  Weaver,  Jr., 

1804 — Simon  Snyder, 

1806 — Charles  Porter, 

1807 — Simon  Snyder, 

1809 — James  Engle, 

1810 — John  Weber, 

1812 — John  Tod, 

1813 — Robert  Smith, 

1814 — John  St.  Clair, 

1815 — Jacob  Holgate, 

1816— ReesHill, 

1818 — William  Davidson, 

1819— ReesHil!, 

1820 — Joseph  Lawrence, 

1821 — John  Gilmore, 

1822 — Joseph  Lawrence, 

1825 — Dr.  Joel  B.  Sutherland, 

1826 — Joseph  Ritner, 

1828 — Ner  Middleswarth, 

1830 — Frederick  Smith, 

1832 — John  Laporte, 

1833 — Dr.  Samuel  Anderson, 

1833 — James  Findlay, 

1834 — William  Patterson, 

1835 — James  Thompson, 

1836 — Ner  Middleswarth, 

1837 — Lewis  Dewart, 

1839 — William  Hopkins, 

1841— William  A.  Crabb, 


1883 — John  Egner  Faunce. 


1842 — James  Ross  Snowden, 
1843— Hendrick  B-  Wright, 
1844 — James  Ross  Snowden, 
1845 — Findley  Patterson, 
1847 — Tames  Cooper, 
! 848— William  F.  Packer, 
1850 — John   S.   McCalmont, 
1851 — John  Cessna, 
1852 — John  S.  Rhey, 
1853— William  P.  Schell, 
1854— E.  B.  Chase, 
1855 — Henry  K.  Strong, 
1 85  6 — Richardson  L.  Wright , 
1857 — J.  Lawrence  Getz, 
1858 — A.  B.  Longaker, 
1860 — W.  A.  C.  Lawrence, 
1 86 1 — Elisha  W.  Davis, 
1862 — John  Rowe, 
1863 — John  Cessna, 
1864 — Henry  C.  Johnson, 
1865 — Arthur  G.  Olmsted, 
1866— James  R.  Kelly, 
1867 — John  P.  Glass, 
1868— Elisha  W.  Davis, 
1869 — John  Clark, 
1870 — Butler  B.  Strang, 
1871 — James  H.  Webb, 
1872— William  Elliott, 
1874 — Hugh  H.  McCormick, 
1875 — Samuel  F.  Patterson, 
1877 — Elijah  Reed  Myer, 
1879 — Henry  M.  Long, 
1881 — Benjamin  L.  Hewitt, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


183 


Board  of  Public  Charities, 

Constituted  by  Act  of  April  24,  1869. 

PRESIDENTS. 

Gen.  Thomas  Leiper  Kane,  elected  Dec.     i,  1869 

George  Leib  Harrison,  "  March  i,  1871 

George  Davvson  Coleman,  Sept.  24,  1875 

Mahlon  Hall  Dickinson,  "  Sept.  20^  1878 

COMMISSIONERS. 

George  Leib  Harrison,1         appointed         Dec.     i,  1869 

F.  B.  Penniman,2  Dec.     i,  1869 

George  Dawson  Coleman,3  Dec.     i,  1869 

Gen.  Thomas  Leiper  Kane,  Dec.    i,  1869 

Dr.  Wilmer  Worthington,4  Dec.     i,  1869 

Charles  A.  Wood,  Dec.     i,  1869 

Hiester  Clymer,  Dec.     i,  1870 

William  Bakewell,  Dec.     i,  1871 

Col.  Amos  C.  Noyes,  Dec.    i,  1872 

George  Bullock,  Dec.    i,  1872 

Francis  Wells,6  Dec.     i,  1873 

Mahlon  Hall  Dickinson,  Nov.    i,  1875 

Thomas  Beaver,  Sept.   20,  1878 

James  S.  Biddle,  Jan.    23,  1879 

Lewis  Peterson,  Jr.,  May  21,  1880 

John  W.  Chalfant,  May  25,  1880 

Gen.  Wm.  Watts  Hart  Davis,  Nov.    2,  1880 

Philip  C.  Garrett,6  Sept.    6,  1882 

SECRETARIES. 

Dr.  Wilmer  Worthington,     elected  Dec.     i,  1869 

Dr.  Diller  Luther,  "  May     i,  1873 

Commissioners  of  Fisheries, 

Under  Act  of  March  14, 1784.     For  making  the  Schuylkill  navigable 
and  preserving  the  Fish  therein. 


James  Hockley, 
Joseph  Paul, 
John  Brooke, 
Abraham  Lincoln, 
George  Gardiner, 
Charles  Shoemaker, 
Frederick  Kleckner, 


Lindsay  Coats, 
Robert  Curry, 
John  Bishop, 
John  Jones, 
David  Thomas, 
Jacob  Light, 
Mordecai  Millard, 


George  Maris, 
Henry  Holler, 
Samuel  Baird, 
Anthony  Levering, 
John  Spohn, 
George  Miller, 
Matthias  Pennebacker. 


'Resigned.  Sept.  24,  1875.  2  Penniman  resigned  in  1870. 

3  Died,  Sept.  9,  1878.  *Died,  1873.  5Resigned,  Jan.  I,  1879. 

"Jan.    10,   Senate  refused  to  confirm  him.     Jan.    II,  confirmed,  to  fill  the 
vacancy  caused  by  resignation  of  James  S.  Biddle,  June  7,  1882. 


184  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Commissioners  of  Rivers  and  Streams, 

And  for  preserving  Fish  therein,  under  the  Act  of  March  j/,  1785  ; 
14  C.  R.,  481. 

For  Northumberland — Gen.  James  Potter,  Samuel  Wallis, 
William  Montgomery  and  William  Maclay. 

For  York — James  Evving,  Michael  Simpson,  Dr.  Robert  Harris 
and  William  Bailey. 

For  Bedford — George  Woods. 

For  Lancaster — John  Bailey,  Donegal,  John  Musser,  Benjamin 
Galbraith,  James  Potter  and  George  McCullough. 

For  Cumberland — Gen.  Frederick  Watts,  William  Brown, 
Robert  Whitehall  and  John  Montgomery. 

For  Chester  County — John  Churchman  and  Thomas  Turbutt. 

Commissioners  of  Fisheries, 

By  Act  of  April  28,  1873. 
fhree  persons  to  be  appointed  by  the  Governor. 

1873 — Howard  J.  Reeder,  of  Northampton. 
1873 — Benjamin  L.  Hewett,  of  Blair. 
1873 — James  Duffy,  of  Lancaster. 

Additional  Appointments. 

ATTORNEY-GENERAL. 
Lewis  Cochran  Cassidy,   commissioned     Jan.    16,    1883 

CITY  CONTROLLER. 

Samuel  Davis  Page,1         by  Governor       Jan.    16,    1883 
William  M.  Taggart,1        by  Councils        Jan.    17,    1883 

RECORDER  OF  PHILADELPHIA. 
William  H.  Smith,2        by  Governor         Jan.    23,    1883 

HARBOR  MASTER. 
Capt.  James  P.  Lindsay,     appointed        Jan.    23,    1883 

ASSISTANT  CITY  ENGINEER. 
John  K.  Little,8  appointed        Jan.    23,    1883 

'These  appointments  will  lead  to  a  contest,  and  the  Courts  will  have  to 
decide  whether  the  Governor  or  the  Councils  have  the  power  to  fill  a  vacancy. 

2  The  present  Recorder  will  contest  this  appointment,  as  his  term  of  office 
( 10  years)  has  not  expired. 

8  In  place  of  John  D.  Estabrook,  elected  Chief  Commissioner  of  Highways. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  185 

The    Bibliography, 

OF   THE   LAWS   OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

The  Bibliography  of  the  Statutes  at  Large,  more  commonly 
called  "  The  Acts  of  Assembly"  of  Province  and  Commonwealth 
of  Pennsylvania,  naturally  begins  with  the  Body  of  Laws  passed 
at  the  meeting  of  the  First  Legislature  of  the  Province,  called  by 
Penn  at  Upland,  /'.  e.,  Chester,  on  Dec.  4,  1682,  and  which  met 
in  the  Block  House  built  by  the  Swedes,  and  not  in  the  House 
generally  represented,  which  was  the  first  Meeting  House  of 
Friends  at  Chester,  and  which  was  not  built  until  1693.  The 
statement  that  the  first  Assembly  met  in  James  Sandeland's  man- 
sion, which  was  built  with  lime  made  from  oyster  shells,  and  fell 
down  many  years  since,  is  not  borne  out  by  the  language  of  the 
note  in  i  Logan  Papers,  46.  Nor  were  the  Great  Laws  then 
passed,  in  number  90 — see  Votes  of  the  Assembly — those  agreed 
upon  in  England.  Those,  called  the  Printed  Laws,  were  laid 
before  the  Assembly,  together  with  other  laws,  called  the  Written 
Laws,  and  were  presented  by  Penn.  The  Preamble  and  one  law 
of  the  Printed  Laws  only  was  passed  ;  then  the  others,  called  the 
Written  Laws,  were  substituted  and  passed.  The  laws  so  passed 
were  enlargements  or  amendments  of  the  laws  prepared  in  Eng- 
land. William  Penn,  in  a  letter  dated  December  16,  1682,  says: 
"The  foreigners  were  naturalized,  and  all  the  laws  passed  that 
were  agreed  upon  in  England,  and  more  fully  worded." 

In  the  Votes  of  the  Assemby  it  clearly  appears  that  only  the 
Preamble  and  one  chapter  of  the  Printed  Laws  agreed  upon  in 
England,  was  passed.  The  Assembly,  page  4,  then  appointed 
"  two  members  to  confer  with  the  Governor  touching  the  315! 
Article  (which,  bye  the  bye,  was  only  a  blank)  of  the  printed 
Constitutions."  This  they  appear  to  have  done,  and  the  confer- 
ence seems  to  have  resulted  in  explanations,  which  caused  the 
Assembly  to  drop  the  consideration  of  the  Printed  Laws,  and  the 
Written  Laws  were  taken  up,  read  and  passed,  as  follows,  the  Act 
of  Naturalization,  the  2nd  chapter  of  the  Written  Constitutions, 
and  eighty-eight  other  chapters  of  the  Written  Laws,  in  all  ninety, 
forming  the  "  Great  Law  or  Body  of  Laws,"  but  which,  as  it  has 
been  handed  down  to  us,  consists  only  of  sixty-one  laws.  And 
although  we  naturally wask,  how,  why,  and  by  whom  the  ninety 
laws  passed  became  reduced  to  sixty-one,  we  ask  in  vain  ;  suffice 
it  to  say,  we  have  the  sixty-one  laws  recorded  as  the  "Great 
Laws,"  passed  at  Upland,  in  an  engrossed  copy  of  the  laws  in 
the  handwriting  of  Patrick  Robinson,  the  then  Secretary  of  the 
Province,  dated  December  7,  1682.  It  is  admitted,  in  the 
"  Historical  Notes"  to  the  "  Duke  of  Yorke's  Laws,"  &c.,  page 
482,  that  the  three  parchment  rolls  of  the  laws  in  the  office  of  the 
Master  of  Rolls,  "  were  not  authentic.'"  These  consisted  of  sixty- 


186  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

nine  laws,  and  when  compared  in  1689  with  the  "  Councils  Book 
of  Laws,"  the  Secretary  reported  "  that  he  had  examined  and 
compared  the  rolls  of  the  first  sixty  laws  with  the  Councils  Book 
of  Laws,  he  found  little  agreement,  and  that,  as  the  Keeper  said 
at  the  last  sitting  of  Council,  were  not  authentic,  so  there  was  no 
depending  on  them." 

As  early  as  May  23,  1683,  'c  was  proposed  in  the  Provincial 
Council  that  the  laws  of  the  Province  should  be  printed,  but  after 
some  debate  the  question  was  negatived.  On  November  18,  1 701 , 
a  resolution  was  adopted,  directing  the  Master  of  Rolls  to  have 
the  laws  printed  forthwith.  This  resolution  appears  to  have  been 
carried  into  effect,  because  in  1.702  James  Logan  forwarded  a  copy 
of  the  laws  "lately  printed"  to  William  Penn. 

The  "Session  Laws"  were  printed  from  1712-13  (this  copy  is 
wanting),  and  have  been  regularly  issued  ever  since.  These  are 
now  called  the  "Pamphlet  Laws."  The  Philadelphia  Library 
have  the  "  Session  Laws"  from  1714  to  1769  inclusive,  and  those 
from  1776  to  1801.  And  all  that  is  wanted  to  fill  up  the  gap  is 
the  publication  of  the  Acts  of  Assembly  from  1700  to  1714.  A 
collation  of  the  "  Session  Laws"  of  the  Province  has  been  printed 
in  Sabin's  Dictionary  of  Books  relating  to  America. 

i.  The  first  collection  of  the  Statute  Laws  of  the  Province  was 
made  by  a  Committee  of  the  Assembly,  and  was  printed  by 
Andrew  Bradford,  appointed  by  and  under  the  authority  of  the 
Legislature.  These  he  "collected  in  one  volume,"  and  printed 
and  sold  himself.  The  first  edition  was  issued  in  1714.  The 
title  page  of  this  edition  is  as  follows:  "The  Laws  of  the 
Province  of  Pensilvania,  collected  in  One  Volumn,  by  Order  of 
the  Governour  and  Assembly  of  said  Province.  Printed  &  sold 
by  Andrew  Bradford,  in  Philadelphia,  1714."  In  the  "Ad- 
vertisement to  the  Reader,"  on  the  back  of  the  title  page  of 
this  edition,  it  is  stated:  "All  the  laws  made  in  and  since  the 
year  1700,  and  now  in  force,  are  here  printed  at  large,  and  the 
Titles  of  those  only  that  are  Repealed,  Expired  or  Obsolete ; 
with  the  times  when  they  were  Enacted  are  set  down  in  their 
Proper  Order,  whereby  such  as  may  have  Recourse  thereunto  may 
with  the  more  Certainty  apply  to  the  Originals,  or  the  Record 
where  they  are  Entered." 

The  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  Ijave  a  fine  copy  of  this 
edition,  which  sold  at  the  vendue  of  Samuel  Sitgreaves'  Library, 
in  November,  1817,  for  fifteen  cents,  for  which  two  hundred  dol- 
lars was  given  in  1881. 

2.  The  Second  Edition  of  the  Laws  was  printed  in  1728,  by 
Andrew  Bradford,  "  Printer  to  the  Province,"  and  contained  a 
collection  of  the  laws  then  in  force,  in  "  one  volumn,"  edited  by 
David  Lloyd.  Both  those  editions  are  in  small  folio,  and  very 
rare.  The  first  edition  is  imperfectly  paged,  which  has  attracted 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  187 

much  attention  and  many  remarks,  and  careful  examiners  wonder 
whether  this  was  done  through  carelessness  or  with  a  purpose,  but 
as  the  laws  appear  complete,  it  was  probably  only  a  want  of  knowl- 
edge of  imposing  by  the  printers,  and  it  is  quite  common  in  the 
old  English  law  books,  for  instance,  see  Rolle1  s  Reports. 

3.  The  volume  printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  Philadelphia, 
MDCCXLII,    1742,    entitled,  The  Charters  of  the  Province  of 
Pennsylvania   and  City  of  Philadelphia,  contains  all    the  laws 
then  in  force,  passed  between   1682  and  1738,  and  the  title  of 
those  repealed  and  expired,  pp.  562,  with  an  appendix  contain- 
ing a  summary  of  such  Acts  of  Assembly  as  have  been  formerly  in 
force  within  this  Province  for  Regulating  of  Descents,  &c.,  pp. 
24,  Index,  pp.  X.     Edited  by  John  Kinsey,  Esq. 

4.  The  Charters  and  Acts   of  Assembly  of  the   Province  of 
Pennsylvania,  in  two  volumes.     Vol.  I.  Containing  the  Charters 
of  the  said  Province  and  the  City,  Boroughs  and  Towns  thereof. 
The  Titles  of  all  the  Laws  of  said  Province  since  its  Establish- 
ment down  to  the  year  1700.     The  Acts  of  the  said  Assembly 
from  the  year  1700  to  1743,  now  in  Force:  and  the  Royal  Con- 
firmations and  Repeals  to  the  said  Acts,  compared  with  the  Public 
Records  (Arms  of  Penn).     Philadelphia,  printed  by  Peter  Miller 
and    comp.,    MDCCLXII.     Vol.    II.     Containing    the   Acts  of 
Assembly  of  the  said  Province,  from  the  year  1744  to  1759,  now 
in  Force.     A  Collection  of  all  the  Laws  tha't  have  been  formerly 
in  force  within  this  Province   for  Regulating   of  Descents  and 
Transferring  the  Property  of  Lands,  but  are  since  expired,  altered 
or  repealed,  from  the  Establishment  of  the  Province  down  to  this 
present  time.     Compared   with   the  Public  records.      Together 
with  an  Index,  referring  to  the  matters  contained  in  both  volumes. 
Philadelphia,  printed  by  Peter  Miller  and  comp.,  MDCCLXII. 
There  are  two  editions,  the  above  described,  in  one  large  folio,  and 
the  other  in  two  small  volumes,  printed  1762,  both  editions  con- 
taining the  same  matter.     These  two  editions  are  called  "Big" 
Peler  Miller  and  "Little"   Peter  Miller.     The  first  edition  was 
edited  by  Lewis  Weiss  and  Charles  Brockden,   the  second  by 
Joseph  Galloway. 

5.  So-called  Galloway's  Edition,  being  the  Acts  of  Assembly 
of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,   carefully  compared   with  the 
originals,  and  an  Appendix,  containing  such  Acts  and  parts  of 
Acts,  relating  to  Property,  as  are  expired,  altered  or  repealed, 
together  with  the  Royal,  Proprietary,  City  and  Borough  Charters, 
and  the  original  Concessions  of  the  Honorable  William  Penn  to 
the  First  Settlers  of  the  Province.     Published  by  Order  of  Assem- 
bly (Arms  of  Penn ),  Philadelphia.     Printed  and  sold  by  Hall  and 
Sellers  in  Market  Street,    between    Front   and   Second    Streets. 
MDCCLXXV. 


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6.  The  Acts  of  Assembly  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, carefully  compared  with  the  originals.     And  an  Appendix, 
containing  the  laws  now  in  force,  passed  between  the  3oth  day  of 
September,  1775,  and  the  Revolution.     Together  with  the  Decla- 
ration of  Independence,  and  the  Articles  of  Confederation  of  the 
United  States  of  America.     Published  by  order  of  the  General 
Assembly.     (Arms  of  the  State).     Philadelphia.     Printed   and 
sold  by  Francis  Bailey  in  Market  street.    MDCCLXXXII  (1782). 
Revised,  corrected  and  compared  by  Thomas  McKean,  Esq. 

7.  Laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  from  the  i4th 
day  of  October,  1700,  to  the  ist  of  October,  1781.     Republished 
under  the  authority  of  the  Legislature,  by  Alexander  James  Dallas. 
Vol.   I.   II,   III.    'Philadelphia.     Printed    by   Hall    and  Sellers. 
MDCCXCVII.    Vol.  IV.    Lancaster.    Printed  hy  Francis  Bailey, 
Centre  Square,  1801.     The  3d  and  4th  volumes  are  the  printed 
Acts  of  Assembly  from  January  8,  1791,  to  February  26,  1801. 
Since  the  session  of  1801-2,  the  Acts  of  Assembly,  or  Pamphlet 
Laws,  as  they  are  commonly  called,  have  been  issued  annually  in 
their  present  form. 

8.  Laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania.     From    the 
I4th  of  October,  1700,  to  the  6th  day  of  April,  1802.     Repub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Legislature,  by  M.   Carey  and 
J.  Bioren.      Philadelphia.     Printed  by  John  Bioren,  No.  88  Chest- 
nut street,  for  Matthew  Carey  and  self.     1803.     In  8  volumes. 
The  VII  Vol.,  printed  by  Bioren  in   1,806,  containing  the  Laws 
from  December  7,    1802,   to  April  4,  1805.      The  VIII.  Vol., 
printed  by  Bioren  in  1808,  containing  the  Laws  passed  from  Dec. 
3,  1805,  to  March  28,  1808. 

9.  The  Laws  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania.     From 
the  i4th  day  of  October,  1700,  to  the  20th  day  of  March,  1810. 
Republished  under  the  authority  of  the  Legislature,  with  notes 
and  references,  in  four  volumes.     Printed  and  published  by  John 
Bioren,  No.  88  Chestnut  street,  1810. 

The  author  of  the  Notes  to  this  work  was  Charles  Smith, 
LL.D.,  afterwards,  in  1820,  appointed  President  Judge  of  the 
District  Court  of  Lancaster.  His  notes  are  of  great  value,  and 
display  great  ability  and  research.  The  note  in  the  second  vol- 
ume upon  the  Land  Laws,  is  considered  as  the  most  learned  and 
exhaustive  essay  on  that  subject  yet  written.  The  compiler  suc- 
ceeded, however,  only  in  bringing  the  laws  down  to  the  session 
of  1807-8.  A  fifth  volume  was  therefore  issued,  by  authority,  in 
1812  (with  a  General  Index),  bringing  the  Laws  down  to  the  end 
of  the  session  of  1811-12.  These  five  volumes  form  "Smith's 
Laws." 

In  1822  volume  sixth  and  seventh  were  issued,  edited  by 
Joseph  Reed,  Esq.  (the  Recorder  of  the  city).  These  volumes 
brought  the  laws  down  to  the  end  of  the  session  of  1821-22. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  189 

In  1842-4,  three  more  volumes  were  published  by  Kay  & 
Brother,  the  Law  Booksellers  and  Printers,  of  Philadelphia,  also 
edited  by  Joseph  Reed.  The  last  volume  being  issued  in  1844, 
and  bringing  the  laws  down  to  the  session  of  1829-30,  and  making 
the  full  series  of  Smith  &  Reed  consist  of  ten  volumes. 

10.  In  3  Binney 's  Reports,  Philadelphia,  1811,  Appendix,  p. 
593,  will  be  found,  The  Report  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  made  in  pursuance 
of  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  said  Commonwealth, 
passed  the  yth  day  of  April,   1807,  reported  to  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives  »n  the  igth  and  aoth  of  December, 
1808. 

By  the  Act  above  referred  to,  it  was  enacted  "  That  the  Judges 
of  the  Supreme  Court  are  hereby  required  to  examine  and  report 
to  the  next  Legislature,  which  of  the  English  Statutes  are  in  force 
in  this  Commonwealth,  and  which  of  those  statutes,  in  their 
opinion,  ought  to  be  incorporated  into  the  statute  laws  of  this 
Commonwealth." 

The  Report  of  the  Judges  covers  32  pages,  giving  the  book  and 
page,  year  and  reign  and  title  of  the  British  Statutes  in  force  in 
Pennsylvania,  and  noting  those  statutes  which  in  their  opinion 
ought  to  be  incorporated  into  our  Statute  Laws :  See  2  American 
Law  Journal,  pp.  51  to  79.  In  1817  Roberts'  Digest  of  British 
Statutes  was  issued  at  Pittsburg,  being  the  first  edition. 

11.  A  Digest  of  Select  British  Statutes,  comprising  those  which 
according  to  the  Report  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court 
made  to  the  Legislature,  appear  to  be  in  force  in  Pennsylvania, 
with  some  others,  with  notes  and  illustrations,  by  Samuel  Roberts, 
President  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  5th  Judicial 
District  of  Pennsylvania.      Second  edition,  with  additional  notes 
and  references  to  English  and  American  decisions,  giving  con- 
struction to  those  statutes  down  to  the  present  time,  and  also  the 
Report  made  by  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  to  the  Legisla- 
ture, by  Robert  E.  Wright,  Esq.,  Counsellor  at  Law,  of  Allentown, 
Pa.     Published  at  Philadelphia,  1847. 

12.  The  State  printed  in  1879  Tne  Charter  to  William  Penn 
and  the  Laws  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  passed  between  the 
years  1682  and  1700,  preceded  by  the  Duke  of  York's  Laws,  in 
force  from  the  year  1676  to  1682.  with  an  Appendix,  containing 
the  Laws  Delating  to  the  organization  of  the  Provincial  Courts  and 
historical  matter.     Published  under  the  direction  of  John  Blair 
Linn,  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth.     Compiled  and  edited  by 
Staughton  George,  Benjamin  M.  Nead  and  Thomas  McCamant. 
Harrisburg:   Lane  S.  Hart,  State  Printer,  1879. 

13.  The  Digests,  properly  so  called,  commence  with  An  Abridg- 
ment  of  the   Laws  of  Pennsylvania,   being  a  complete  Digest 
of  all  such  Acts  of  Assembly  as  concern  the  Commonwealth  at 

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large,  to  which  is  added  an  Appendix,  containing  a  variety  of 
Precedents  (adapted  to  the  several  Acts)  for  the  use  of  the  Justices 
of  the  Peace,  Sheriffs,  Attorneys  and  Conveyancers.  By  Collinson 
Read.  Philadelphia,  MDCCCI.  (1801), 

14.  An  Abridgment  of  the  Laws  of  Pennsylvania,  from  1700 
to  April  2,  1811,  with  references  to  Reports  of  Judicial  Decisions 
in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania.     By  John  Purdon,  Jr. 
Philadelphia,  1811,  being  the  first  edition.     The  second,  to  the 
24th  of  March,   1818,  issued  that  year,   is  called  "A  Digest." 
The  third  edition  was  issued  in  1824,  and  the  next  (fourth  edition) 
was  issued  in  1831.     By  John  W.  Pnrdon.     It  should  be  by  John 
Purdon,  who  was  a  well  known  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar, 
admitted  April  28,  1806,  and  died  October  23,  1835. 

The  fifth  edition  of  Purdon  was  issued  in  1837,  the  sixth  in 
1841,  and  the  seventh  in  1847,  by  George  M.  Stroud,  Esq., 
Associate  Judge  of  the  District  Court  of  Philadelphia. 

The  eighth,  ninth  and  tenth  editions,  edited  by  Frederick 
Charles  Brightly,  Esq.,  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar.  The  eighth  in 
1853,  the  ninth  in  1862.  These  editions  are  called  "  Brightly's 
Purdon's  Digest."  The  last,  being  the  tenth  edition,  was  issued 
in  1873,  since  which  time  it  has  been  continued  by  annual  sup- 
plements to  1878.. 

15.  A  Digest  of  the  Laws  of  Pennsylvania,  from  April  7,  1830, 
to  April  15, 1835,  with  Explanatory  Notes,  showing  the  nature  and 
extent  of  the  operation  of  the  Laws  contained  in  this  volume,  so 
far  as  they  alter,  amend,  repeal  and  supply  the  pre-existing  Laws 
of  this  Commonwealth.     Together  with  reference  to  numerous 
judicial  decisions.     Intended,  with  Purdon's  Digest,  to  form  a 
complete  Digest  of  the  Laws  of  Pennsylvania  to  the  present  time. 
By  Benjamin  Parkeand  Ovid  F.  Johnson.     Harrisburg  :  Patterson 
&  Small,  1836.     Volume  I.   and  a  supplementary  volume  (the 
second)  issued  in  1837,  bringing  the  Digest  down  to  June  16, 
1836,  constituting  "  Parke  &  Johnson's  Digest,"  in  two  volumes. 

16.  The  General  Laws  of  Pennsylvania,  from  the  year  1700  to 
April  22,  1846,  chronologically  arranged,  with  notes  and  refer- 
ences to  all  the  Decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania, 
giving  construction  of  said  Laws,  and  a  copious  index.     Com- 
piled  by   James    Dunlop,    of    Pittsburg.      Philadelphia,    1847. 
Second  edition,  1849,  an<3  the  third  in  1853. 

And  it  may  be  added,  that  "  The  Votes  of  the  Assembly  from 
1682  to  1776,"  in  five  volumes.  The  "  Journals  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  Pennsylvania,  from  the  28th  day  of  November, 
1776,  and  ending  October  2,  1781,  with  the  Proceedings  of  the 
several  Committees  and  Conventions  at  and  before  the  commence- 
ment of  the  American  Revolution."  MDCCLXXXII ;  in  one 
large  folio.  And  the  "  Minutes  of  the  Assembly,"  from  1784  to 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  191 

1790,  in  four  volumes;  constitute  invaluable  books  of  reference  to 
the  lawyer,  the  historian  and  the  student.  ' 

Mr.  Brightly,  in  the  preface  to  the  tenth  edition  of  Purdon> 
1873,  says,  that  "  to  obtain  a  complete  body  of  the  Statute  Laws 
of  this  State,  it  is  only  necessary,  in  connection  with  PURDON,  to 
possess  Roberts'  Digest  of  British  Statutes  in  force  in  Pennsyl- 
vania." Mr.  Brightly  means  a  complete  copy  of  laws  in  force; 
but  the  active  lawyer  and  the  careful  historian  both  need  more 
than  this ;  they  require  all  the  Statutes  at  Large  of  the  State. 
There  have  arisen  occasions  when  lawyers  have  had  to  obtain 
from  the  State  Department  copies  of  public  and  private  Acts, 
especially  charters,  at  some  delay  and  expense.  The  Historian, 
unless  he  is  wealthy,  has  to  do  without  the  public  Acts.  By  a 
careful  examination  of  the  above  recited  digests,  a  list  of  the 
titles  of  the  unprinted  Acts  between  1700  and  1714,  ninety-five 
in  number,  could  easily  be  made,  and  could  the  Legislature  be 
prevailed  upon  to  order  their  publication,  they  would  perfect  the 
Statutes  at  Large  of  Pennsylvania  in  a  form  accessible  to  our  citi- 
zens ;  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that,  for  the  credit  of  the  State,  this 

will  be  speedily  done. 

• 

Bibliography  of  Pennsylvania  Reports. 

1.  Manuscript  Notes  and  Reports  of  Cases  argued  and  tried  in 
Pennsylvania;  between  the  years  1760  and  1783.     "The  gift  of 
Thomas  I,  Wharton,  Esquire,  to  the  Law  Association  of  Phila- 
delphia, 1846."     The  first  30  pages  of  the  following  notes  are  in 
the  handwriting  of  William  Rawle,  the  elder.     Many  of  the  cases 
are  Reported  in  i  Dallas.     See  the  Reporter's  acknowledgment 
of  his  use  of 'these  notes  in  the  Preface  to  i  Dallas.     Also  Preface 
to  Thomas  I.  Wharton's  edition  of  the  same. 

2.  HOPKIXSON'S  REPORTS  consist  of  49  cases  tried  in  the  Ad- 
miralty at  Philadelphia,  before  Judge  Francis  Hopkinson,  who 
sat  on  the  Bench  of  that  Court  from  1779  to  1791,  and  will  be 
found  in  the  works  of  Francis  Hopkinson.     Printed  at  Philadel- 
phia, by  Thomas  Dobson,  in  1792. 

3.  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  TRIALS.     Containing  the  Impeach- 
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Court  of  Admiralty,  and  John  Nicholson,  Comptroller-General  of 
Pennsylvania.     Philadelphia,  1794. 

4.  Manuscript  Notes  of  J.  Bradford  Wallace,  1801  to  1816,  in 
three  volumes,  in  possession  of  the  Philadelphia  Library  Com- 
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while  that  Bench  was  occupied  by  Judges  Washington  and  Peters. 
They  cover  a  part  of  the  same  term   included  in  Washington 
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1801,  viz.,  William  Tilghman,  Chief  Judge,  with  Richard  Bassett 
and  William  Griffith  as  his  associates.  These  gentlemen  were 
the  so-called  Midnight  Judges.  Second  edition,  1838. 

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miralty Decisions  in  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  of 
the  Pennsylvania  District,  by  the  Hon.   Richard  Peters.     Com- 
prising also  some  decisions  in  the  same  Court  by  the  late  Francis 
Hopkinson,  Esquire.     To  which  are  added  cases  determined  in 
other  Districts  of  the  United  States,  with  an  appendix.     Contain- 
ing the  Laws  of  Oleron.  the  Laws  of  Wisbuy,  the  Laws  of  the 
Hanse  Towns,  the  Marine  Ordinances  of  Louis  XIV.,  A  Treatise 
on  the  rights  and  duties  of  Owners,  Freighters  and  Masters  of 
Ships  and  Ma'riners,  and  the  Laws  of  the  United  States  relative  to 
Mariners.     Philadelphia,  1807. 

7.  BEE'S  ADMIRALTY  REPORTS.     Being  reports  of  decisions  of 
Thomas  Bee,  Judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court  of  South 
Carolina,  to  which  are  added  some  decisions  of  the  late  Judge 
Francis  Hopkinson,  of  the  Pennsylvania  Admiralty  Court,  before 
the  formation  of  the  Federal  Government,     i  Volume.      1810. 

8.  The  opinion  of  Judge  Cooper  on  the  effect  of  a  sentence  of 
a  Foreign  Court  of  Admiralty.     Published  (with  his  permission) 
by  Alexander  James  Dallas.     Philadelphia,  1810.     This  was  the 
case  of  Dempsey,  Assignee  of  Brown,  v.  The  Insurance  Company 
of  Pennsylvania.     The  opinion  is  preceded  by  an  interesting  In- 
troduction by  Mr.  Dallas. 

9.  FISHER'S   BRITISH   LICENSE   CASES,     i    Volume    in    1813. 
Cases  decided  in  the  District  and  Circuit  Courts  of  the  United 
States  for  the  Pennsylvania  District,  and  also  a  case  decided  in 
the  District  Court  of  Massachusetts  relative  to  the  employment  of 
British  Licenses  on  board  of  vessels  of  the  United  States.     Phila- 
delphia, published  by  Redwood  Fisher.     Re-printed  by  Bourquin 
&  Welsh  in  1871,  pp.  91. 

10.  PETERS,  JR.,  REPORTS,     i  Volume.     Philadelphia,  1819. 
This  volume  contains  the  decisions  of  Justice  Bushrod  Washington, 
of  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the   Third  Circuit, 
from    1803    to    1818.      Made   from   the   note-books   of  Judge 
Washington,  and  edited  by  Richard  Peters,  Jr. 

n.  WASHINGTON'S  CIRCUIT  COURT  REPORTS.  4  Volumes. 
Philadelphia,  1826-29.  Reports  of  cases  determined  in  the  Circuit 
Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Third  Circuit.  Comprising 
the  Districts  of  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey.  Commencing  at 
April  Term,  1803.  Published  from  the  manuscripts  of  the  Hon. 
Bushrod  Washington,  one  of  the  Associate  Justices  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States.  Edited  by  Richard  Peters,  Jr. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  193 

12.  BALDWIN'S  CIRCUIT  COURT  REPORTS,     i  Volume.     1837. 
Reports  of  cases  determined  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court, 
Third  Circuit,  by  Henry  Baldwin,  an  Associate  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States,  assigned  to  that  Circuit. 

13.  GILPIN'S  REPORTS,     i  Volume.    Philadelphia,  1837.    Re- 
ports of  cases  determined  in  the  United  States  Court   for  the 
Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,   Principally  by  Judge  Joseph 
Hopkinson  ;  in  Admiralty  causes  from  1828  to  1835.     By  Henry 
Dil worth  Gilpin. 

14.  CRABBE'S   REPORTS.      i    Volume.      Philadelphia,    1853. 
Cases  argued  and  adjudged  in  the  District  Court  of  the  United 
States  for  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania.     1836  to  1846. 
By  William  H.  Crabbe. 

15.  WALLACE  JUNIOR'S  REPORTS.     3  Volumes.     Philadelphia, 
1849-62.     Cases  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  Third  Circuit,  with  an  Appendix.     Reported  by  John  William 
Wallace.     Philadelphia :  Walker,  24  Arch  street,    1849.      Vol. 
i,  pp.  372,  Appendix  clxi.     2  Volumes,  598  pages,  and  an  Index.  • 
Printed  1854,  and  the  3d  volume  in  1862. 

16.  DALLAS'  REPORTS.    4  Volumes.    Philadelphia,  1790-1807. 
Reports  of  cases  in  the  Courts  of  the  United  States  and  Pennsyl- 
vania before  and  since   the  Revolution.     By  Alexander  James 
Dallas.     The  first  volume  has  been  twice  reprinted.     The  third 
edition  was  edited  by  Thomas  I.  Wharton,  with  notes  and  an 
Appendix.     The  fourth  volume  was  reprinted  with  additions  by 
Benjamin  Gerhard. 

17.  ADDISON'S   REPORTS.      i    Volume.      1800.      Reports   of 
cases  in  the  County  Courts  of  the  Fifth  Circuit  and  in  the  High 
Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania.     By 
Alexander  Addison,  President  Judge  of  the  Courts  of  Common 
Pleas    of    the    Fifth    Circuit.     Washington :    Printed    by   John 
Colerick. 

1 8.  Report  of  the  Trial  of  Alexander  Addison,  on  Impeach- 
ment by  the  House  of  Representatives  before  the  Senate  of  Penn- 
sylvania, by  Thomas  Lloyd.     2d  edition.     Lancaster,  1803. 

19.  YEATES'  REPORTS  of  cases  from  1791  to  1808,  adjudged  in 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania,  with  some  select  cases  at 
Nisi  Prius  and  in  the  Circuit  Courts.     4  Volumes.     Philadelphia, 
printed  1817-19. 

20.  BINNEY'S  REPORTS.     6  Volumes.      Philadelphia,   1809-15. 
Reports  of  cases  argued  and  determined  in  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Pennsylvania.     By  Horace  Binney,  the  elder. 

21.  THE  AMERICAN  LAW  JOURNAL.     In  6  volumes.     Edited  by 
the  late  John  E.  Hall,  of  Baltimore.     Volumes  i  and  2,  printed 
in  1809,  by  William  R.  Farrand  &  Co.,  Philadelphia  and  else- 
where, contains  reports  of  cases  in  the  High  Court  of  Errors  and 
Appeals  of  Pennsylvania,  of  as  early  a  date  as  1785,  and  also 


194  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

reports  of  cases  adjudged  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State. 
Volume  3  in  1810,  the  4th  in  1813,  and  the  5th  volume,  printed 
by  Moses  Thomas,  contains  no  report  of  Pennsylvania  cases.  The 
last  volume,  the  6th,  was  issued  in  1817,  by  Harrison  Hall,  who 
removed  to  Philadelphia  about  1816,  and  revived  the  publication 
under  the  name  of  "  The  Journal  of  Jurisprudence,"  one  volume 
only  of  which  was  printed  by  M.  Carey  &  Sons,  in  1821.  It  con- 
tains some  ancient  decisions  of  historical  value,  notably  the  trial 
of  William- Penn  at  the  Old  Bailey. 

22.  BROWNE'S  REPORTS.     In  1811  Peter  A.  Browne  issued  a 
volume  of  Reports  of  Cases  adjudged  in  the  Courts  of  Common 
Pleas  of  the  First  Judicial  District  of  Pennsylvania  principally, 
from  1806  to  1811,  with  an  Appendix.     Containing  some  earlier 
reports,  and  some  cases  decided  in  the  Orphans'  Court  of  Phila- 
delphia County.     The  First  Judicial  District,  until  the  passage  of 
the  Act  of  Feb.  24,  1806,  consisted  of  the  counties  of  Philadelphia, 
Bucks,  Delaware  and  Montgomery. 

23.  SERGEANT  &  RAWLE'S  REPORTS.     17  Volumes.     Philadel- 
phia, 1818-29.     Reports  of  cases  adjudged  in  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Pennsylvania,  from  1814  to  1828.     By  Thomas  Sergeant  and 
William  Rawle,  Jr.,  Esquires. 

24.  RAWLE'S  REPORTS.     5  Volumes.     Philadelphia,  1829-36. 
Reports  of  cases  argued  and  determined  by  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Pennsylvania,  1828  to  1835.     By  William  Rawle,  Jr.,  Esquire. 

25.  THE  JOURNAL  OF  LAW.     i  Volume.     Philadelphia,  1831. 
Conducted  by  an  Association   of  Members    of  the  Bar.     This 
periodical  contains  a  few  cases,  Corporation  v.  Wallace,  by  Chief 
Justice  Gibson,  and  some  other  cases.' 

26.  ASHMEAD'S  REPORTS.     2  Volumes.     1831-41.     Reports  of 
cases  in  the   County  Courts  of  Philadelphia.     By  John  Wayne 
Ashmead,  Esq. 

27.  PENROSE  &  WATTS'  PENNSYLVANIA  REPORTS.     3  Volumes. 
Harrisburg  and  Carlisle,  1832-33.     Cases  adjudged  in  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Pennsylvania  from  1829  to  1832.     Vol.  i  by  William 
Rawle,  Jr. ,  Charles  B.  Penrose  and  Frederick  Watts.     Vols.   2 
and  3  by  Messrs.  Penrose  &  Watts. 

28.  WATTS'  REPORTS.     10  Volumes.     Philadelphia,   1834-41. 
Cases  determined  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania,  from 
May,  1832,  to  September,   1840.     By  Frederick  Watts,  Carlisle. 

29.  MILES'  REPORTS.    2  Volumes.     2d  Edition.    Philadelphia, 
1871.     Reports  of  cases  determined    in  the  District   Court    for 
the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  from  1835  to  1841.     By 
John  Miles,  Counsellor-at-Law. 

30.  WHARTON'S  REPORTS.    6  Volumes.    Philadelphia,  1836-41. 
Cases  adjudged  in  the.  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  in  the 
Eastern   District,    from   December,    1835   to   March,    1841.     By 
Thomas  I.  Wharton. 


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31.  WATTS  &  SERGEANT'S  REPORTS.  9  Volumes.  Philadelphia, 
1842-45.     Reports  of  cases  adjudged  in  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Pennsylvania.     By  Frederick  Watts  and  Henry  J.  Sergeant. 

32.  PENNSYLVANIA  LAW  JOURNAL.     5  Volumes.     Philadelphia, 
1842-46.     Edited   by  Henry   E.   Wallace   and   David  Webster, 
Esqs.   Contains  the  decisions  in  Bankruptcy  of  Archibald  Randall, 
Judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court,  for  the  Eastern  District 
of  Pennsylvania,   and    miscellaneous  cases  from   the.  Courts  of 
Philadelphia  and  other  counties.     Followed  by  Vols.  6  and  7  by 
J.  J.  Robbins,  and  then  a  new  series  called  the  "  American  Law 
Journal"  Vols.  S-n,   or  New  Series,  Vols.    1-4,  edited   by  an 

"Association  of  Gentlemen  learned  in  the  Law."  This  termi- 
nated in  1852,  and  was  changed  into  the  "  American  Law  Regis- 
ter," edited  by  Asa  I.  Fish  and  Henry  Wharton,  who  had  been 
the  most  active  of  the  "  Association  of  Gentlemen  learned  in  the 
Law,"  in  charge  of  its  predecessor,  the  "  American  Law  Journal." 

33.  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  REPORTS.    99  Volumes'.    Containing 
cases  adjudged  in  the  Supreme  Court.     Commencing  in  1845  an^ 
ending  November  Term,  1881.     The  following  is  a  list  of  the  State 
Reporters  ;  with  the  number  of  volumes  reported  by  each  : 

Robert  M.  Barr,  Reported  10  volumes. 

J.  Pringle  Jones, 
George  W.  Harris, 
Joseph  Casey, 


Robert  E.  Wright, 
P.  Frazer  Smith, 
A.  Wilson  Norris, 


14 
32 
15 


Albert  A.  Outerbridge,  2 

\ 

32d  P.  F.  Smith,  or  Volume  81*  of  Penna.  State  Reports,  con- 
tains the  Reports  of  Cases  remaining  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Smith 
after  he  ceased  to  be  the  State  Reporter.  Printed  by  Rees  Welsh 
&  Co.,  Philadelphia,  1881. 

34.  VAUX'S  DECISIONS,    i  Volume.  Philadelphia,  1846.  Reports 
of  some  criminal    cases   on    primary  hearing   before  the  Hon. 
Richard  Vaux,  Recorder  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  from  1841 
to  1847,  witn  remarks  on  the  writ  of  Habeas  Corpus  and  forms  of 
proceedings  in  criminal  causes. 

35.  PARSON'S  SELECT  EQUITY  CASES.     2  Volumes.     Philadel- 
phia, 1853.     Argued  and  determined  in  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  of  the  First  Judicial  District  of  Pennsylvania,  from  1841  to 
1850.     Reported  by  Anson  Virgil  Parsons,  one  of  the  Judges  of 
the  Court. 

36.  BRIGHTLY' s  NISI  PRIUS.     i  Volume.     Philadelphia,  1851. 
Reports  of  cases  decided  by  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Pennsylvania  in  the  Court  of  Nisi  Prius  at  Philadelphia,  and  also 


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in  the  Supreme  Court,  with  notes  and  references  to  recent  deci- 
sions.    By  Frederick  C.  Brightly. 

37.  THE  AMERICAN    LAW  REGISTER.     A    monthly  magazine, 
which  began  in  November,   1852.     Edited  by  Asa  I.  Fish  and 
Henry  Wharton,  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar,  and  extended  to  Nov., 
1 86 1,  making  nine  volumes,  in  which  will  be  found  reported  many 
valuable  Pennsylvania   cases.      Continued    from  1861  by  "  The 
American  Law  Register,  New  Series"  edited  by  Hon.  James  T. 
Mitchell  and  others,  21  volumes,  and  publication  still  continued. 

38.  GRANT'S  CASES.    3  Volumes.     Philadelphia,  1859-64.    Re- 
ports of  cases  argued  and  adjudged  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Penn- 
sylvania, from  1852  to  1863.     By  Benjamin  Grant,  Esq.,  of  Erie. 

39.  JOHN  HILL  MARTIN'S  Collection  of  Insurance  Reports.    In 
2  volumes.     Newspaper  slips,  principally  from  the  pages  of  the 
Insurance  Intelligencer,  of  Philadelphia.     Only  one  perfect  copy  is 
known    to  exist  of  this  periodical,   which    is   in    possession   of 
the  writer,   who    furnished  such  reports,  being  a  portion  of  the 
cases  reported  from  1857  to  this  date,      ist  Vol.,  1858,  pp.  109. 
2d  Vol.,  1867,  pp.  97. 

40.  JOHN  HILL  MARTIN'S  ADMIRALTY  REPORTS.     Being  a  col- 
lection of  reports  of  cases  before  the  late  Honorable  John  K. 
Kane  and  John  Cadwalader,  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Admiralty 
of  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  and  some  other  cases 
elsewhere,  in  1858-59-60.     In   i   volume,  pp.   260.     Newspaper 
cuttings  and   indexed,    and    intended    to   be   presented   to   the 
Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania. 

41.  PHILADELPHIA  REPORTS.    12  Volumes.    Philadelphia,  1860. 
Containing  the  unreversed  decisions  of  the  District  Court,  Courts 
of  Common   Pleas,   Orphans'   Court,   and  Quarter  Sessions  of 
Philadelphia  and  other  counties,  and  the  United  States  Courts 
for  Pennsylvania,  published  in  the  Legal  Intelligencer  from  1850 
to  1878.     12  Volumes.     A  valuable  collection  of  cases  of  great 
importance  to  the  practitioner.     Edited  by  Henry  E.  Wallace  to 
the  loth  volume  inclusive.     Since  then  by  Henry  C.  Brown. 

42.  BREWSTER'S  REPORTS.     4  Volumes.     Philadelphia,  1869. 
Reports  of  Equity,  Election  and  other  important  cases,  argued 
and  determined  principally  in  the  Courts  of  Philadelphia.     From 
1856  to  1871.     By  Frederick  Carroll  Brewster. 

43.  LEGAL  GAZETTE  REPORTS  of  cases  decided  in  the  United 
States  Circuit  Court,  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  Supreme 
Court  at  Nisi  Prius,  and  the  County  Courts  of  Philadelphia,  and 
in  the  Courts  of  the  3d,  8th,  gth,  nth,  i2th,  26th,  28th  and  29th 
Judicial  Districts.     Originally  reported  in  the  Legal  Gazette  from 
July  2,  1869,  to  Jan.  5,  1872.    By  John  H.  Campbell,     i  Volume. 
Philadelphia,  1872. 

44.  PENNSYLVANIA  LAW  JOURNAL  REPORTS.     Containing  cases 
in   the    Federal   and    State    Courts  of  Pennsylvania,   originally 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  197 

reported  in  the  Pennsylvania  Law  Journal  and  American  Law 
journal,  from  1842  to  1852  inclusive.  Arranged  and  collated, 
with  reference  to  cases  in  subsequent  reports.  By  John  A.  Clark 
(Philadelphia  Bar).  5  Volumes.  1872-3. 

45.  PITTSBURG  REPORTS.     3  Volumes.     Philadelphia,  1872-3. 
Containing  cases  decided   by  the  Federal  and  State  Courts  of 
Pennsylvania,  chiefly  at  the  city  of  Pittsburg.     Originally  pub- 
lished   in    the   Pittsburg  Legal  Journal.     From  1853  to  1873. 
Edited,  with  parallel  references,  by  Boyd  Crumrine. 

46.  LEGAL    CHRONICLE   REPORTS.      2   Volumes.      Pottsville, 
1874-77.     Of  cases  decided  in  the  Supreme  Court  and  in  the 
Courts  of  the  ist,  2d,  3d,  7th,  gth,  nth,  i2th,  i3th,  2oth,  2ist, 
23d   and   26th  Judicial    Districts   of  Pennsylvania.     Originally 
reported  in  the  Legal  Chronicle  from  Jan.  11,  1873, to  December, 
1875,  inclusive.     By  Sol.  Foster,  Jr. 

47.  WEEKLY  NOTES  OF  CASES.     Now   in    its    i2th   Volume; 
1874  to  1883.     Argued  and  determined  in   the  Supreme   Court 
of  Pennsylvania  and  in  the  County  Courts  of  Philadelphia,  and 
the  United  States  District  and  Circuit  Court  for  the  Eastern  Dis- 
trict  of  Pennsylvania.     By  members  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar. 
A  valuable  collection  of  cases,  of  inestimable  importance  to  the 
profession,  and  exceedingly  creditable  to  the  Reporters. 

48.  PEARSON'S  REPORTS.     2  Volumes.     Philadelphia,  printed 
by  Rees  Welsh  &  Co.      1879-80.     Decisions  of  John  J.  Pearson, 
President  Judge  of  the  Twelfth  Judicial  District.     Reported  by 
his  son,  William  Pearson,  of  the  Dauphin  County  Bar.      ist  Vol., 
1850-68.      2d  Vol.,  1868-80. 

49.  PENNSYLVANIA   SUPREME   COURT    REPORTS,      i    Volume. 
1882.     Printed  by  Rees  Welsh    &    Co.     Containing    cases    in 
Law  and  Equity  adjudged   in   the  Supreme  Court,  being  those 
not  designated  to  be  reported  by  the  State  Reporter ;  decided  in 
May,  October   and   November   Terms,    i88i.J    By   Samuel   W. 
Pennypacker,  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar. 

50.  LUZERNE  LEGAL  REGISTER  REPORTS,     i  Volume.     Phila- 
delphia.   1882.     Cases   decided   in   the   Supreme  Court,   in  the 
Courts  of  Luzerne  County,  and  of  the  2d,  5th,  8th,  i2th,  i5th, 
i9th,  2 ist,  26th,  3ist,  32d,  43d,  44th  and  45th  Judicial  Districts 
of  Pennsylvania.     Originally  reported    in    The   Luztrne  Legal 
Register  oi  1880-81.     Edited  by  George  B.  Kulp,  of  the  Luzerne 
County  Bar. 

51.  THE   LEGAL   RECORD   REPORTS,     i   Volume.     Pottsville, 
1882.     Containing  chiefly  cases  tried  and  decided  in  the  Courts  of 
Schuylkill  County,  and  the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  on 
appeal  in  county  cases,  made  up  from  the  pages  of  the  Schiiylkill 
Legal  Record,  which  are  printed  so  as  to  be  detached  and  bound 
in  book  form.     This  paper  was  first  issued  on  May  9,  1879.    The 
second  volume  of  the  Reports  is  to  contain  the  cases  reported  in 

36 


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1881  and  1882,  by  Arthur  J.  Pilgrim  and  Lewis  B.  Walker,  the 
Editors  and  Reporters. 

52.  THE  LEGAL  INTELLIGENCER.    This  well-known  exponent  of 
the  Philadelphia  Bar,  the  oldest  Law  Journal  in  the  United  States, 
was  established  by  the  late  Henry  E.  Wallace,  a  member  of  our 
Bar,  and  it  remains  a  very  creditable  monument  to  his  memory. 
Its  first  number  was  given  to  the  public  on  Dec.   2,   1843.     -^ 
is  not  only  valuable  to  'the   profession   in  a  business  point  of 
view,  furnishing  as  it  does  all  the  Trial  Lists  and  Motion  Lists  of 
the  Courts  of  the  City  and  County  of  Philadelphia,  but  is  histori- 
cally  invaluable,   embracing  in  its  columns   the   reports  of  the 
decisions  of  our  Judiciary,  on  local  matters  of  great  interest  and 
importance  to  our  community,  which  are  thus  preserved  for  future 
reference,  and  are  the  evidences  of  the  labors  and  learning  of  our 
Judges,  of  whose  integrity  and  ability  this   community  is  justly 
proud.     The  editors  of  the  Legal  Intelligencer  since  its  publica- 
tion have  been,  Henry  E.   Wallace  until  his  death  in  1879,  J- 
Hubley  Ashton,  as  Associate  from  February,   1860,  to  October, 
1864,  and  Dallas  Sanders  and  Henry  C.  Titus. 

53.  OLWINE'S   LEGAL  REPORTER.     On   November  25.   1848, 
Anthony  Wayne  Olwine  was  elected   the  Prothonotary  of  the 
Common    Pleas;   previously,    on    September    7,   1848,    his  son, 
Isaac  Wayne   Olwine,  was   admitted    to    the   Bar,   and  was   his 
father's  chief  clerk.    Mr.  Olwine,  the  Prothonotary,  died  May  6th, 
1850.     During  his  term  of  office,  or  immediately  thereafter,  his 
son  began  the  issue  of  a  legal  newspaper  (I  have  forgotten  its 
title,  but  I  am  informed  that  it  was  as  above  given)  in  opposition 
to  the  Intelligencer ;  but  it  had  a  very  brief  existence.     The  Di- 
rectories of  the  period  fail  to  give  the  title  of  Olwine's  legal  paper. 
In  the  Directory  of  1848,  after  his  name,  it  is  stated,  ''  Editor  of 
the  Philadelphia  Bee."     This  may  be  the  paper  he  afterwards 
converted  into  a  legal  journal. 

54.  TUCKETT'S  MONTHLY  INSURANCE  JOURNAL.     2  Volumes. 
Philadelphia,  1852  to  1860.     Contains  reports  of  Insurance  cases 
tried  at   Philadelphia  and   elsewhere.     The  editor  was  Captain 
Harvey  G.   Tuckett,   late  an  officer  in  the  British  Army,   well 
known  in  this  country  and  England  on  account  of  his  difficulties 
with  his  Colonel,  Lord  Cardigan. 

55.  THE  INSURANCE  INTELLIGENCER.  On  January  31, 1857,  Orrin 
Rogers  began  the  publication  of  the  paper  with  this  title,  devoted 
to  all  matters  connected  with  the  business  of  Insurance  in  all  its 
branches,  and  in  the  month  of  May  of  the  same  year  the  writer 
began  to  furnish  the  publication  with  reports  of  the  decisions  of 
our  Courts  and  others  in  cases  bearing  on  Insurance  and  Admi- 
ralty questions.     On  January  4,  1862,  the  name  of  the  Journal 
was  altered  to  that  of  The  Philadelphia  Intelligencer.     And  in 
June,   1871,  George  C.   Helmbold  became  the  editor  and  pro- 


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prietor.  The  paper  is  still  issued,  and  the  writer  has  furnished 
for  its  columns  many  articles  on  Historical  and  Maritime  subjects, 
including  "A  Historical  Sketch  of  Bethlehem  in  Pennsylvania, 
with  some  account  of  the  Moravian  Church,"  and  with  the  Lists 
entitled  "  The  Bench  and  Bar  of  Philadelphia."  These  services 
have  been  performed  voluntarily  on  the  part  of  the  writer,  and 
without  compensation,  and  with  the  intent  to  preserve  matters 
connected  with  that  part  of  the  profession  of  the  law  to  which  he 
has  devoted  his  attention. 

56.  LEGAL  AND  INSURANCE  REPORTER.     A  periodical.     Begun 
Dec.    i,   1859,  by  James  Fulton,   and  been  continued  since  his 
death  by  C.   Albert   Palmer.     Contains  decisions  in  Insurance 
Cases  before  the  Courts  of  Pennsylvania  and  elsewhere. 

57.  LUZERNE  LEGAL  OBSERVER.    Scranton,  Pa.    First  number 
issued  Oct.  31,   1860.     In    3    volumes,    ending   Dec.    4,    1863. 
There  were  a  few  numbers  only  of  the  4th  volume  issued.     Con- 
tains reports  of  the  State  and  County  Cases,  and  of  some  else- 
where.    Editor  and  proprietor,  E.  S.  M.  Hill. 

58.  THE  LANCASTER  BAR,  a  weekly  periodical,  printed  at  Lan- 
caster, Pa.,  has  now  (1882)  reached  its  XIV.  Volume.     Edited  by 
Philip  D.  Baker  and  W.  T.  Brown.     Contains  reports  of  cases 
determined  in  the  Supreme  Court  and  in  the  Courts  of  Lancaster 
and  other  counties. 

59.  THE  LEGAL  GAZETTE.     On  July  2,  1869,  Messrs.  King  & 
Baird,  printers,  issued  the  first  number  of  a  legal  weekly,  bearing 
this  name.     It  was  discontinued  June  i,  1876.     It  was  an  excel- 
lent paper ;  but  there  was  no  necessity  for  two  newspapers  of  the 
same  character  in  this  city,  either  then  or  now. 

60.  LEGAL  OPINION.     Harrisburg  Weekly.     Beginning  Nov. 
5,  1870.     Contains  reports  of  cases  principally  in  Dauphin  County. 
5  Volumes.     Ending  Oct.  n,  1873. 

61.  THE  SCRANTON  LAW  TIMES.     A.  A.  Chase,  editor.     1873 
to  1876.     3  Volumes,   and  a  few  numbers  of  Volume  4.     New 
Series.      1877-8.      i  Volume,  and  some  numbers  of  Volume  2. 
New  Series  again,  1879  to  date.     4  Volumes,  and  still  published. 

62.  THE  REAL  ESTATE  REPORTER,  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
real  estate  in  all  its  branches,  was  established  in  Philadelphia  on 
October  i,  1875,  by  James  Robert  Dever  as  editor  and  publisher, 
it  contained   lists  of  all  Judgments  entered  in  all  the  County 
Courts,  lists  of  all  mechanics'  liens  filed,  building  permits,  notices 
of  sheriffs'  sales,  &c.,  and  legal  notes  and  decisions  of  interest  to 
lawyers,  conveyancers  and  all  persons  interested  in  real  estate 
matters.     This  paper  was  issued  weekly  only  for  a  short  time. 

63.  THE  DAILY  COURT  RECORD.    The  first  number  of  this  legal 
Journal  was  issued  in  Philadelphia  on  October  20,  1877,  by  George 
Delp,  Esq.,  as  editor  and  publisher.     This  paper  furnishes  a  com- 
plete list  of  the  Judgments  entered  each  day  in  the  four  Courts  of 


200  MAKTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Common  Pleas,  01so  satisfied  judgments,  mechanics'  liens,  non- 
suits commenced,  assignments,  transfers  of  real  estate,  sheriff's 
sales,  building  permits,  and  abstracts  of  such  legal  decisions  as 
are  of  interest  to  the  business  community. 

64.  THE  LACKAWANNA  BAR.    E.  Merrifield,  editor,    i  Volume. 
August  to  October,  1878. 

65.  THE   SUSQUEHANNA    LEGAL    CHRONICLE.       April,    1878,    to 

March,  1879.      I  Volume  only  issued. 

66.  THE  LACKAWANNA  LEGAL  RECORD.    Published  at  Scranton, 
Pa.,  for  one  year.     1878-9. 

67.  THE  COMMON  PLEAS   REPORTER  succeeded  the  above  at 
Scranton,  but  was  discontinued  before  a  volume  was  completed. 

68.  THE  YORK  LEGAL  RECORD,  now  in  its  second  volume,  being 
a  record  of  cases  argued  and  determined  in  the  various  Courts  of 
York   County,  in  Pennsylvania.     The  first  number  was  issued  on 
March  4,  1880.     Edited  by  S.  C.  Frey. 

69.  THE  DAILY  LEGAL  NEWS  was  first  issued  in  Philadelphia  on 
January  6,  1879,  by  General  Joshua  Thomas  Owen.     This  paper 
gave  reports  of  decisions  of  the  Courts,  the  Trial  and  Motion 
Lists,  lists  of  Wills  probated,  &c.     It  was  changed  to  a  weekly  on 
July  i,  and  on  October  15,   1879,  finally  discontinued.     Henry 
D.  Wireman,  Esq.,  has  a  complete  set. 

70.  THE  PENNSYLVANIA  LAW  RECORD.     The  first  issue  of  this 
weekly  legal  paper  was  published  in  Philadelphia,  on  Tuesday, 
June  3,  1879.     Edited  by  William  Allen  Mitchener,  Esq.     Con- 
tained the  reports  of  cases  decided  in  our  Courts,  and  the  record 
of  judgments  entered,  mortgages  recorded,  wills  probated,  &c., 
during  the  preceding  week.     2  Volumes.     1879  anc^  1880.     It  is 
doubtful  whether  a  complete  set   of  this  paper   exists ;  but    the 
Law  Library  and  Judge  Mitchell  have  sets  nearly  complete. 

71.  THE   CHESTER   COUNTY   REPORTER,    published    at    West 
Chester,  by  James  Monaghan,  was  first  issued  in  April,  1880,  and 
is  still  continued,  containing  reports  of  cases  tried   in  Chester 
County  and  elsewhere. 

72.  THE  WEEKLY  REPORTER,  edited  by  Ward  R.  Bliss,  Esq.,1 
of  the  Delaware  County  Bar,  printed  at  Chester,  on  the  Delaware. 
The  first  number  was  issued  May  31,   1881.     Octavo.     It  con- 
tains legal  advertisements,  and   the   opinions  of  the   President 
Judge  of  Delaware  County,   and   the  opinions  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  county  cases  on  appeal.     The  latter  portion  being  so 
arranged  that  it  can  be  detached  and  bound  in  a  book  at  the 
conclusion  of  each  volume,  to  be  styled  "The  Delaware  County 
Reports." 

1  Mr.  Bliss  is  also  the  editor  of  The  Delaware  County  Republican.  In 
which,  while  it  was  conducted  by  the  late  Young  S.  Walter,  appeared  the 
corrected  lists  of  the  Bench  and  Bar  from  The  Insurance  Intelligencer,  (see 
ante  p.  199,  No.  55,)  and  which  are  now  here  reprinted.  In  the  same  Journal 
was  published  The  History  of  Chester,  since  issued  in  book  form,  Philadelphia, 
1877.  PP-  53°- 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  201 

Pamphlet  Reports 

OF    PENNSYLVANIA    TRIALS. 

1.  The  case  of  the  Sloop  Active,  before  Judge  Ross,  in  the  Ad- 
miralty, and  on  appeal  to  the  Commissioners  of  Appeals  from  the 
Courts  of  Admiralty,  on  Dec.  12,  1788,  reversing  the  decree  of 
Judge  Ross,  and  the  Act  of  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  relative 
thereto.     Being  the  case  of  Olmsted  and  others  v.  Rittenhouse's 
Executrixes.    By  Richard  Peters,  Jr.    Printed,  Philadelphia,  1779. 
pp.  27.     Second  Edition,  1809;  pp.  108. 

2.  A  case  decided  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
in  February,  1793,  m  which  is  discussed  the  question,  "whether 
a  State  be  liable  to  be  sued  by  a  private  citizen  of  another  State." 
Philadelphia:   Printed  by  T.  Dobson,  1793,  pp.  120. 

3.  A  correct  account  of  the  trials  of  Charles  M'Manus,  John 
Hauer,    Elizabeth    Hauer,   Patrick  Donagan,  Francis  Cox  and 
others,  at  Harrisburg,  June  Oyer  and  Terminer,    1798,  for  the 
murder  of  Francis  Shitz,  on  the  night  of  the  28th  December, 
1797,  at  Heidelberg  Township,   Dauphin   County,  in  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Pennsylvania  ;  containing  the  whole  evidence,  and 
the  substance  of  all  the  law  arguments  in  those  celebrated  trials. 
Printed  at  Harrisburg,  by  John  Wyeth,  1798,  8vo,  pp.  163. 

4.  A  Report  of  the  extraordinary  transactions  which  took  place 
at  Philadelphia,  in  February,  1799,  in  consequence  of  a  memo- 
rial from  certain  natives  of  Ireland  to  Congress,  praying  a  Repeal 
of  the  Alien  Bill ;  containing  an  account  of  the  proceedings  which 
produced  the  memorial,  the  assault  on  the  committee  at  St.  Mary's 
Church,  and   the  proceedings  at  the  Mayor's  office,  upon  the 
arrest  of  the  memorialists,  a  copy  of  the  memorial,  and  the  trial, 
with  the  names  of  the  jury,  the  evidence  at  large,  the  speeches  of 
counsel  on  both  sides,  and  the  charge  to  the  jury.     By  William 
Duane,  Philadelphia.     Printed  in  the  office  of  the  Aurora,  1799. 

5.  The  two  trials  of  John  Fries,  on  an  indictment  for  Treason, 
together  with  a  brief  report  of  the  trials  of  several  other  persons 
for  Treason  and  Insurrection,  in  the  Counties  of  Bucks,  North- 
ampton and  Montgomery,  in   the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United 
States,  begun  at  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  April  n,  1799,  con- 
tinued at  Norristown,  Oct.  n,  1799,  and  concluded  at  Philadel- 
phia,  April    n,    1800,  before  the  Hon.  Judges  Iredell,   Peters, 
Washington  and  Chase.     To  which  is  added  a  copious  appendix, 
containing  the  evidences  and  arguments  of  the  counsel  on  both 
sides  on  the  motion  for  a  new  trial,  the  arguments  on  the  motion 
for  removing  the  case  to  the  county  where  the  crime  was  com- 
mitted,  and   the  arguments  against  holding  the  jurisdiction  at 
Norristown.    Taken  in  short-hand  by  Thomas  Carpenter.    Phila- 
delphia, 1800.     8vo,  pp.   226,  50.     An  edition  in  the  German 
language  was  printed  in  Allentown.  Pa.,  1839  ;  pp.  324. 


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6.  An  account  of  the  trial  of  Thomas  Cooper,  of  Northumber- 
land, on  a  charge  of  libel  against  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  under  the  Alien  and  Sedition  Law.     The  trial  took  place 
in  April,  1800.     Reported  by  Cooper.     Printed  in  1800;  pp.  64. 

7.  A  report  of  an  action  of  libel,  brought  by  Benjamin  Rush 
against  William  Cobbett,  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania, 
December  Term,  1799.     By  T.  Carpenter.     Printed  in  1800. 

8.  The  Holland  Land  Case  ;  being  a  Report  of  the  case  of  The 
Commonwealth  v.  Tench  Coxe,  Esq.,  on  a  motion  fora  manda- 
mus in  the  Supreme  Court   of  Pennsylvania.     Taken   from  the 
manuscript  of  the  4th  volume  of  Dallas'  Reports,  and  not  reported 
in  full  therein.     Philadelphia,  1803,  pp.  137. 

9.  The  trial  and  acquittal  of  Edward  Shippen,  Chief  Justice, 
and  Jasper  Yeates  and  Thomas  Smith,  Associate  Justices  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  on  an  Impeachment  before  the  Senate  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1805.      By  William  Hamilton,  Editor  of  the  Lancaster 
Journal,  and  printed  in  Lancaster;  pp.  491.     Appendix,  pp.  96. 

10.  The  trial  of  Journeymen  Boot  and  Shoemakers  of  Philadel- 
phia for  combination  and  conspiracy  to  raise  their  wages.    The 
defendants  were  found  guilty  and  fined.     Taken  in  short-hand 
by  Thomas  Lloyd,   1806;  pp.  157. 

11.  The  Robbery  of  the  Bank  of  Pennsylvania  in  1798;  trial 
in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania.     Upon  which  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Bank,  the  Cashier,  one  of  the  Directors  (who  was  an 
Alderman),  and  another  person  who  was   High    Constable   of 
Philadelphia,  were  sentenced  to  pay  Patrick  Lyon  $12,000,  for  a 
false  and  malicious  prosecution  against  him,  &c.     Reported  from 
notes  of  Thomas  Lloyd,  Philadelphia,  1808;  pp.  184. 

12.  Report  of  the  case  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania 
v.  John  Smith,  Marshal  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of 
Pennsylvania,  brought  before   the   Court   on  a  writ  of  Habeas 
Corpus,  with  the  speeches  of  counsel  and  opinion  by  William 
Tilghman,  Chief  Justice  of  Pennsylvania.     By  a  member  of  the 
Philadelphia  Bar.     Printed  by  David  Hogan,  1809;  pp.  52. 

13.  A  report  of  the  trial  of  General  Michael  Bright  and  others, 
who  conducted  the  resistance  to  the  Federal  authority  on  the  part 
of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  by  obstructing  the  execution  of  a 
writ  of  arrest,  tried  before  Judges  Washington  and  Peters,  in  the 
United  States  Circuit  Court.     Made  by  Thomas  Lloyd.  Philadel- 
phia, 1809  ;  pp.  224. 

14.  The  report  of  the  case  of  Evans  v.  Yarnall  and  many  others, 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  involving  questions  in  regard 
to   the   discipline   of  the   Society.     In   the  Supreme   Court  of 
Pennsylvania,  at  Nisi  Prius,  in  Philadelphia,  before  Mr.  Justice 
Brackenridge  and  a  Jury.     Taken  in  short-hand  by  T.   Lloyd, 
and  reported  by  Joseph  R.  Hopkins,  1810;  pp.  150. 

15.  The  Criminal  Record,  published  by  Matthew  Carey,  in  18 10, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  203 

contains  the  case  against  Baker,  Brous  and  Peterson,  executed  at 
Philadelphia  in  1800,  for  piracy  and  two  murder  cases. 

1 6.  Trial    of  James   Sylvanus  McClean,   alias  Melville,  and 
William  L.  Graham,  before  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania, 
for  a  conspiracy  to  extort  money  from  Stephen  Girard,  together 
with  the  correspondence  between  Dr.  McClean  and  Samuel  Salter 
and  Graham,  with  several  literary  productions  of  the  Doctor,  the 
speeches  of  counsel,    and   the   charge   of  Judge   Brackenridge. 
Philadelphia:  John  Binns,  Printer,  1812,  pp.  47. 

17.  The  trial  of  John  H.  Jones,  First  Lieutenant  of  the  Priva- 
teer Schooner  Revenge,   on  a  charge  of  piracy,   including  the' 
arguments  of  the  counsel  and  the  charge  of  Judge  Washington. 
Reported  by  one  of  the  counsel  engaged  in  the  cause.     Philadel- 
phia :   Printed  by  John  Binns,  for  the  reporter,  1813. 

18.  The  case  of  Alien  Enemies  considered  and  decided.    Being  a 
report  of  the  arguments  before  and  the  judgment  of  Tilghman, 
Chief  Justice,  in  the  case  of  Charles  Lockington,  an  alien  enemy. 
By  Richard  Bache.     Philadelphia,  1813. 

19.  Report  of  the  trial  of  the  Journeymen  Cordwainers  of  the 
Borough  of  Pittsburgh,   had  at  an  adjourned  Court  of  Quarter 
Sessions  for  the  County  of  Allegheny,  holden  at  Pittsburgh,  the 
first  Monday  of  December,  1815.    Taken  by  Charles  Shaler,  Esq. 
Pittsburgh,  1816,  pp.  52. 

20.  Trial  of  Edward  Lyon  (of  Northumberland)  for  suborna- 
tion of  False  Swearing,   in  which  John  Binns  was  endorsed  as 
Prosecutor,    with    some    account    of  Binns,    interspersed   with 
extracts  of  letters  written  to  him  by  Edward  Lyon  from  Glouces- 
ter Gaol.     Published  from  the  Records  of  the  Court,  and  minutes 
taken  at  the  time  of  trial.     Philadelphia:   Second  edition,  1816. 

21.  The  trial  of  Richard  Smith,    late  Lieutenant  23d   U.   S. 
Infantry,  as  principal,  and  Ann   Carson,   alias  Ann  Smith,   as 
accessory,  for  the  murder  of  Captain  John  Carson,  on  Jan.  20, 
1816,  at  a  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  held  in  Philadelphia, 
May,  1816,  by  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Judge 
Rush,  President ;  together  with  the  arguments  of  counsel,  and 
charges  and  sentence  of  the  President.     Taken  in  short-hand  by 
J.  C.,  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar.     Philadelphia:   Pub- 
lished by  Thdmas  Desilver.     No  date;  [but  1816,]  pp.  253. 

22.  The  trial  of  Frederick  Eberle  and  others  at  Nisi  Prius, 
Philadelphia,   1816,  before  Mr.  Justice  Yeates,  for  illegally  con- 
spiring together  by  all  means  lawful  and  unlawful,   "  with  their 
bodies  and  lives,"  to  prevent  the  introduction  of  the  English  lan- 
guage into  the  services  of  St.  Michael's  and  Zion  Churches,  be- 
longing to  the  German  Lutheran  Congregation.    By  James  Carson, 
Attorney-at-Law.     Philadelphia,  1817. 

23.  The  trial  of  Robert  W.  Houston  v.  Gen.  John  Dicks  and 
others,  members  of  a  Court  Martial,  being  an  action  of  Trespass, 


204  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Lancaster  County,  Pa.     By 
George  Bryan  Porter.     Philadelphia,  1817. 

24.  Trial  of  Samuel  Yardley  Thornton  and  others  for  Conspiracy, 
in  the  Quarter  Sessions  of  Bucks  County,  1821.     Reported  by 
Joseph  Hough  and  Albert  Smith.     Philadelphia,  1821; 

25.  Trial  of  John  Lechler,  for  the  murder  of  his  wife,  Mary 
Lechler,  before  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  held  for  the 
County  of  Lancaster  on  the  ipth  day  of  August,  1822.     Contain- 
ing all  the  evidence,  with  the  particulars  of  the  murder  of  Mrs. 
Haag,  including  the  speeches  of  counsel,  the  charge  and  the  sen- 
tence of  the  Court.    Reported  by  Daniel  Fuller,  Esq.    Lancaster, 
1822,  8vo,  pp.  64. 

26.  Trial  of  the  Rev.  William   Hogan,   Pastor  of  St.    Mary's 
Church,   for  assault  and  battery  on    Mary  Connell,  before  the 
Mayor's   Court.     Taken  in  short-hand  by  Joseph  A.    Bowling, 
Stenographer.     Published  by  Robert  Desilver,   1822;    pp.   138. 
Appendix  cxxix. 

27.  Report  of  the  trial  of  the  case  of  Alexander  and  others  v. 
The  Schuylkill  Navigation  Company,  to  recover  damages  for  the 
loss  of  the  Bridge  at  the  Falls  of  the  Schuylkill  during  the  freshet 
of  Feb.  21,  1822,  in  the  Common  Pleas,  Philadelphia,  Feb.  18, 
1824.     Reported  for  the  Watering  Committee  by  John  C.  Lowber. 

28.  Trial  of  Michael  Monroe,  alias  James  Wellington,  at  a 
Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  held  at  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  on 
the  20th  of  October,  1824,  for  the  murder  of  William  Bonsall,  at 
his  dwelling  on  the  Darby  Road,  on  the  night  of  the  22d  of  May, 
1824.    Containing  the  testimony  of  Mary  Warner,  Phoebe  Bonsall, 
Dr.  Morris  C.  Shalcross,  &c.     Philadelphia,  1824;  pp.  18. 

29.  The    Doctrine    of   Constructive    Larceny   considered,    as 
developed  in  the  recent  case  of  George  Tyson,  the  Stock  and 
Exchange  Broker,  who  was  tried  at  the  Mayor's  Court  for  the 
City  of  Philadelphia,  at  the  March  Session  in  1825,  and  contains 
a  report  of  the  trial.     By  Charles  F.    Mumford,   Esq.,  of  the 
Philadelphia  Bar.     Philadelphia,  1825.    8vo,  pp.  36. 

30.  Report  of  the  trial  and  acquittal  of  the  Honorable  Robert 
Porter,  President  Judge  of  the  Third  Judicial  District  of  Penn- 
sylvania, before  the  Senate,  composing  the  High  Court  of  Im- 
peachment of  the  said  Commonwealth,  upon  articles  of  accusation 
and  impeachment  preferred  against  him  by  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, with  the  various  discussions  in  the  Senate  and  House 
of  Representatives,  all  the  evidence  and  arguments  of  counsel  at 
length.    By  James  Madison  Porter.    Easton,  Pa.,  1827;  pp.  288. 

31.  Trial  of  the  24  Journeymen  Tailors  charged  with  conspi- 
racy, before  the  Mayor's  Court  of  Philadelphia,  September  Ses- 
sions,  1827.     Reported  by  Marcus  T.  C.  Gould.     Philadelphia, 
1827  ;  pp.  1 66. 

32.  Report  of  the  trial  of  Friends  in  the  City  of  Philadelphia, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  205 

June,  1828,  before  the  Honorable  Edward  King,  Esq.,  President 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  the  First  Judicial  Dis- 
trict of  Pennsylvania,  or  the  case  of  Edmund  Shotwell,  Joseph 
Lukens,  Charles  Middleton  and  two  others,  who  had  been  by  the 
Mayor  of  the  city  committed  to  prison,  whence  they  were  brought 
up  by  Habeas  Corpus,  June  gth,  1828.  Reported  by  M.  T.  C. 
Gould.  Philadelphia,  1828;  pp.  155. 

33.  Report    of  the    trial    for   Libel,    in   which    Dr.    George 
McClellan  was  plaintiff  and  Dr.  Francis  S.  Beattie  defendant,  at 
Philadelphia,  March,  1829,  with  the  whole  of  the  evidence  and  the 
Judge's  charge,  with  notes  by  an  eye  witness.    Philadelphia,  1829. 

34.  Mail  Robbers.     Report  of  the  trials  of  Michael  Mellon, 
the  Lancaster  Mail  Robber,  and  George  Wilson  and  James  Porter, 
alias  May,  the  Reading  Mail   Robbers,   before  the  Honorable 
Judges  Baldwin  and  Hopkinson,   in   the   Circuit  Court   of  the 
United  States,  holden  in  and  for  the-  Eastern  District  of  Penn- 
sylvania, of  April  Sessions,  1830.     Taken  in  short -hand  by  John 
Mortimer.     Philadelphia,  1830;  pp.  160. 

35.  Report  of  the  trial  of  Edward  Williams  for  the  murder  of 
his   wife,    before  the  Hon.    Isaac  Darlington,    President  Judge 
and  his  Associate  Judges,  Pearce  and  Sharp,   in    the  Court  of 
Oyer  and  Terminer  held  at  the  Borough  of  West  Chester,  in  and 
for  the  County  of  Chester,  in  the  Fifteenth  Judicial  District  of 
Pennsylvania,   at  November  Term,  1830  ;  containing  the  testi- 
mony of  the  witnesses,  the  speeches  of  the  counsel  concerned,  and 
the  charge  and  sentence  of  the  Court.    West  Chester,  December, 
A.  D.  1830,  pp.  68. 

36.  A  full  and  accurate  report  of  the  trial  for  riot,  before  the 
Mayor's  Court  of  Philadelphia,  on  the  i3th  of  October,  1831, 
arising  out  of  a  Protestant  procession  on  the  i2th  of  July,  and  in 
which  the  contending  parties  were  Protestants  and  Roman  Catho- 
lics ;  including  the  indictments,  examination  of  witnesses,  speeches 
of  counsel,  Recorder's  charge,  verdict  and  sentences.     Taken  in 
short-hand  during  the  trial.     Philadelphia,   1831,  8vo.  pp.  104. 

37.  Trial   of  Lucretia   Chapman,    otherwise   called    Lucretia 
Espos  y  Mina,  who  was  jointly  indicted  with  Lino  Amalio  Espos 
y  Mina  for  the  murder  of  William  Chapman,  late  of  Andalusia, 
County  of  Bucks,  in'  Pennsylvania.     In  the  Court  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer,  held  in    Doylestown,    Bucks    County,    in    December 
Term,  1831,  and  continued  to  February  Term,  1832.     Prepared 
for  publication  by  William  E.  Du  Bois,  student  of  law  (pp.  213), 
with  a  Supplement  to  the  trial  of  Mrs.  Chapman  of  1 1  pages,  and 
trial  of  Lino  Amalio  Espos  y  Mina  for  the  murder  of  William 
Chapman,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  at  Doylestown, 
for  the  County  of  Bucks,  April  Sessions,   1832.     Published  by 
George  W.  Mentz  &  Son,  Philadelphia,  1832. 

38.  Trial  of  Charles  Getter,  for  the  murder  of  his  wife,  late  of 


206  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Forks  Township,  Northampton  County,  and  Commonwealth  of 
Pennsylvania,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  and  General 
Gaol  Delivery,  held  at  Easton,  in  and  for  the  County  of  North- 
ampton, on  the  Third  Monday  of  August,  Anno  Domini  1833  ; 
containing  the  arguments  of  counsel  at  length.  Reported  by  a 
member  of  the  Easton  Bar.  Philadelphia,  1833.  8vo.,  pp.  71. 

39.  Free-Masonry  Unmasked ;  or,   Minutes  of  the  trial  of  a 
suit  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Adams  County,  wherein 
Thaddeus  Stevens,  Esq.,  was  plaintiff  and  Jacob  Lefevre  defend- 
ant.    iamo.,  pp.  93.     Gettysburg,  Pa.  :   R.  W.  Middleton,  1835. 

40.  Report  of  a  trial  for  Libel  on  W.  W.  Sleigh,   Common- 
wealth  v.  Thomas   Clark,    tried   before  the  Recorder's  Court, 
Northern  Liberties,  with  speeches  of  counsel  and  the  charge  of 
the  Court  to  the  jury.     Philadelphia :   Published  from  the  origi- 
nal notes,  1837,  and  the  pamphlet  containing  the  Libel.     Printed 
at  New  York,  1836. 

41.  Report  of  the  trial  and  conviction  of  John  Earls,  for  the 
murder  of  his  wife,    in    the    Court    of  Oyer   and  Terminer   of 
Lycoming    County,    Pennsylvania,    February    i-io,    1836,  with 
arguments  of  counsel    and  confession  of  prisoner.     Printed    at 
Williamsport  in  1836. 

42.  Trial  of  Musselman  and  others  for  the  murder  of  Lazarus 
Zellerbach.     Lancaster,  1839. 

43.  The  Life  of  Eliza  Sowers,  together  with  a  full  account  of 
the  trial  of  Dr.  Henry  Chauncey,  Dr.  William  Armstrong  and 
William  Nixon,  for  the  murder  of  that  unfortunate  victim  of  illicit 
love.     Containing  the  examination  of  witnesses,  &c.,  &c.     At 
the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  January  Session,  1839.     Sup- 
pressed evidence  not  omitted.     Philadelphia,  1839  ;  pp.  37. 

44.  Trial  of  Dr.  T.  W.  Dyott,  the  banker,  for  fraudulent  insol- 
vency, in  the  Criminal  Court  of  Philadelphia,  with  speeches  of 
counsel  and  charge  of  Judge  Conrad.     Printed  in  1839. 

45.  Report  of  the  case  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  United  States,  before  the  Supreme  Court 
of  Pennsylvania;    charge    of  Rogers,   J.,   to  the  jury,   and  the 
opinion  of  Chief  Justice  Gibson.     By  the  Rev.  D.  W.  Lathrop. 
Philadelphia,   1839.     A.   McElroy,  printer;  pp.  628.      There  is 
another  report,  printed  by  Miller. 

46.  Report  of  the  D'Hauteville  case,  Habeas  Corpus,  for  the 
custody  of  an  infant  child,   in  the  Court  of  General  Sessions, 
Philadelphia,    July   Term,    1840,    before    George   Washington 
Barton,  P.  J.     Published  by  William  S.  Martien,  1840. 

47.  The  trial  of  John  T.  Braddee,  in  the  U.  S.  District  Court 
for  Western  Pennsylvania,  May  Term,  1841,  for  robbing  the  U. 
S.   Mail  at  Uniontown,    Pa.,   November  and  December,    1840. 
Reported  by  Marcus  T.  C.  Gould.     Pittsburgh,  1841,  pp.   156. 

48.  Report  of  the  trial  of  Alexander  William  Holmes,  one  of 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  207 

the  crew  of  the  ship  William  Brown,  for  manslaughter  on  the 
high  seas,  before  Mr.  Justice  Baldwin,  U.  S.  Circuit  Court. 
Philadelphia,  1842. 

49.  Trial  of  Polly  Varner,   Joseph    Phillips  and  Andrew  L. 
Bell,  charged  with  the  murder  of  Joseph  Orr ;  with  sketches  of 
the  speeches  of  counsel  and  charge  of  the  Court,  as  reported  for 
"  The  Spirit  of  the  Age."     Pittsburgh,  1843;  PP-  J5- 

50.  'Report  of  the  trial  and  conviction  of  John  Haggerty,  for 
the  murder  of  Melchoir  Fordney,  late  of  the  city  of  Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  held  at  the 
City  of  Lancaster,  for  the  County  of  Lancaster,  at  January  Term, 
1847,  before  the  Hon.   Ellis  Lewis,  President,  and  Jacob  Grosh 
and  Emanuel  Schaeffer,  Esquires,  Associate  Justices  of  said  Court. 
By  a  member  of  the  Bar.     Lancaster,  Pa.,  1847  >  PP-  82. 

51.  Case  of  Morgan  Hinchman  v.  Richie  et  a/.,  being  speeches 
of  defendants'  counsel  and  charge  of  Judge  Burnside.     Reported 
by  Oliver  Dyer  and  Dennis  F.   Murphy.     Philadelphia,   1849  ' 
pp.    176. 

52.  The  Miller  Will  Case.     A  full  report  of  the  case  of  Hilyard 
v.  Miller,  and  also  of  Miller  v,  Lerch.     Henry  Perkins.     Phila- 
delphia, 1850;  pp.  191. 

53.  Report  of  the  case  of  George  B.  Sloat,  Assignee  of  W.  W. 
Woodworth  v.   Charles  A.  Spring  ;  tried  at  Philadelphia  before 
Mr.  Justice  Grier  and  Jury,  in  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court,  April, 
1851.     Reported   by  George  Harding,    Esq.,    Sloat's    Counsel. 
8vo.,  pp.  398.     Philadelphia  Inquirer  press.      1851. 

54.  Trial  of  Castner  Han  way,  for  Treason,  in  resistance  of  the 
execution  of  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law  of  September,  1850,  before 
Judge  Grier  and  Kane,  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States 
for  the  Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  held  at  Philadelphia  in 
November  and  December,  1851.     To  which  is  added  an  appendix 
containing  the  Laws  of  the  United  States  on  the  subject  of  fugi- 
tive slave  labor,  the  charge  of  Judge  Kane  to  the  Grand  Jurors 
in  relation  thereto,  and  a  statement  of  the  points  of  law  decided 
by  the  Court  during  the  trial.     By  James  J.   Robbins,   of  the 
Philadelphia  Bar.     Printed  by  King  &  Baird,  1852.     There  was 
another  Report  also  made  by  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar. 
Uriah  Hunt  &  Sons,  1852  ;  pp.  86. 

55.  Trial  of  Arthur  Spring,  for  the  murder  of  Honoria  Shaw 
and  Ellen  Lynch,  on  the  night  of  March  10,  1853,  in  the  Oyer 
and  Terminer,  before  Judges  Allison  and  Kelley.     Printed  under 
the  title  of  the  "  Life  and  Adventures  of  Arthur  Spring,"  with 
the  complete  trial,  speeches  and  conviction.     Philadelphia:  T. 
B.  Peterson  &  Brothers.     [No  date,  but  printed  in  1853]  ;  pp. 
109. 

56.  The  Hummell  Conspiracy  Case.     This  case  was  brought 
up  by  Jacob  Hummell  and  wife  against  A.  J.  Deschamps  and  J. 


208  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Chadwick,  in  the*  Supreme  Court,  at  Philadelphia,  before  Chief 
Justice  Black,  on  Wednesday,  January  18,  1854.  Published  by 
Thomas  M.  Scroggy,  Philadelphia;  pp.  22. 

57.  Report  of  the  case  of  the  United  States  v.  Henry  Hertz 
et  at.,  in  the  U.  S.  District  Court,  Eastern  District  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1855,  charged  with  hiring  and  retaining  persons  to  go 
beyond  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  with  the  intent  to 
enlist 'in  the  British  Legion  for  the  Crimea.     Reported  by  James 
B.  Sheridan,  in  short-hand.     Philadelphia,  1855. 

58.  The  case  of  Passmore  Williamson.     Report  of  the  proeeed- 
ings  on  the  writ  of  Habeas  Corpus  issued  by  the  Hon.  John  K. 
Kane,  Judge  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the 
Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania,  in  the  case  of  the  United  States 
of  America  ex  rel.  John  H.  Weaver  v.  Passmore  Williamson,  in- 
cluding the  several  opinions  delivered  and  arguments  of  counsel. 
Reported  by  Arthur  Cannon,  Esq.,  Phonographer.     Philadelphia, 
1856;    pp.    191.     The   Philadelphia   Anti-Slavery   Society   also 
published  a  "  Narrative  of  Facts"  in  this  case,  in  1855. 

59.  Report  of  the  proceedings   in    the  contested  election  of 
October  14,  1856,  for  District  Attorney  (Lewis  C.  Cassidy),  with 
the  opinjon  of  the  Court.     Published:  Philadelphia,  1857. 

60.  Trial  of  John  Kilpatrick,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Termi- 
ner  of  Philadelphia  County,  in  February,  1858,  for  the  murder 
of  John  McCracken,  on  October  20,  1857,  and  writ  of  error  to 
the  Supreme  Court.     King  &  Baird,  Philadelphia,  1858. 

61.  The  case  of  Edwin  R.  Biles,  convicted  October  2,  1858, 
in   the  Court  of  Quarter  Sessions  of  the   City  and   County  of 
Philadelphia,  of  Forgery,  in  making  false  entries  in  the  "Journal" 
of  his  employers,  Hoskins,  Heiskell  6c  Co.,  and  opinion  of  Judge 
Ludlow,  on  January  29,   1859,  and  the  opinion  of  Mr.  Justice 
Read  in  the  Supreme  Court,  delivered  April  23,  1859.     Printed 
at  Philadelphia,  by  Henry  B.  Ashmead.     No  date. 

62.  Piracy.     A  full  report  of  the  trial  of  William  Smith,  for 
Piracy,  as  one  of  the  crew  of  the  Confederate  Privateer  Jeff  Davis, 
before  Judges  Grier  and  Cadwalader,  in  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court 
for  the  Third   Circuit,   Philadelphia,   October,    1861.     Reported 
by  D.  F.  Murphy,  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar.     King  &  Baird,  1861. 

63.  Report  of  the  trial  of  Thomas  J.  Armstrong,  for  murder. 
Opinion  of  the  Court  on  motion  for  a  new  trial  in  the  Court  of 
Oyer  and  Terminer  and  the  Quarter  Sessions  of  the  Peace  for  the 
County    of  Philadelphia.      October   Sessions,    1860.      Printed : 
King  &  Baird,  1861. 

64.  Trial  of  Frederick  P.  Hill,  late  conductor  in  the  Reading 
Railroad  Company,  on  the  charge  of  embezzling  the  funds  of  that 
company  in  his  capacity  as  conductor,  in  the  case  of  Common- 
wealth v.   Hill,  in  Dauphin  County  Court,  November  Sessions, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  209 

1863,  and  opinion  of  John  J.  Pearson,  President  Judge.     Printed 
at  Chicago,  1864. 

65.  The  trial  of  Martha  Grinder,  for  the  murder  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Caroline  Carothers,  on  the  ist  of  August,   1865.     Being  a  full 
and  complete  history  of  this  important  case.     Pittsburgh,    pp.  32. 

66.  The  trial  of  Ebenezer  Haskell,  in  Lunacy,  and  his  acquit- 
tal, before  Judge  Brewster,  in  November,  1868;  together  with  a 
brief  sketch  of  the  mode  of  treatment  of  lunatics  in   different 
asylums  in  this  country  and  in  England,  with  illustrations,  &c. 
Philadelphia:   Published  by  Ebenezer  Haskell,  1869;  pp.  127. 

67.  Report  of  the  trial  of  John  Van  Daniker,  on  the  charge  of 
embezzlement  in  his  capacity  as  a  conductor  of  the  Philadelphia 
and  Erie  Railroad,  before  his  Honor,  John  P.  Vincent,  President 
Judge  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  of  Erie  County,  May  Sessions,  1867. 
Printed  at  Philadelphia,  1867. 

68.  Official  Report  of  the  trial  of  Anton  Probst,  for  the  murder 
of  Christopher  Deering,  at  Philadelphia,  April  25,  1866,  as  well 
as  his  two  confessions,  &c.     Published  under  the  supervision  of 
the  .District  Attorney,  William  B.  Mann,  by  T.  B.  Peterson  & 
Bros.,  1866. 

69.  Report  of  the  trial  in  the  case  of  Commonwealth  v.  Tack, 
for  conspiracy.     Published  :  Philadelphia,  1868. 

70.  The  trial  and  conviction  of  George  S.  Twitchell,  Jr.,  in 
the  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  in  December,   1868,  for  the 
murder  of  Mary  E.   Hill,  his  mother-in-law,  with  speeches  of 
counsel  and  Judge  Brewster's  charge,  and  many  interesting  facts. 
Twitchell  committed  suicide  in  prison.     Philadelphia,  1869. 

71.  The  trial  of  Dr.  Paul  Schoeppe,  in  the  Court  of  Oyer  and 
Terminer  of  Cumberland  County,  Pa.,  charged  with  the  murder 
of  Miss  Maria  M.  Stennecke,  by  poison.    Hon.  James  H.  Graham, 
President  Judge,  Hugh  Stuart  and  T.  P.  Blair,  Associate  Judges. 
The  Court  convened  on  Monday,  May  24,  1869.     Philadelphia, 
1869  ;  pp.  106. 

72.  A  full  account  of  the  trial  of  Simon  M.  Landis,  M.  D.,  for 
uttering  and  publishing  a  book  entitled  "  Secrets  of  Generation." 
Phonographically  reported  by  C.  R.  Morgan,  M.  D.     Published 
by  the  First  Progressive  Christian  Church.  Philadelphia.     Phila- 
delphia, 1870 ;  pp.  76. 

73.  Moral  Defence  of  the  Pastor  of  the  First  Progressive  Chris- 
tian Church,  by  Damon  Y.  Kilgore,  including  eighteen  reasons 
for  a  new  trial ;  also,  the  charge,  opinion  and  sentence  of  the 
Court  in  the  case  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  v.  Rev. 
Simon  M.   Landis,  M.   D.,  for  publishing  a  book  entitled  the 
"Secrets  of  Generation."     Reported  by   Dr.    C.    R.    Morgan. 
Philadelphia,  1870. 

74.  Life,  trial,  confession  and  conviction  of  John  Hanlon,  for 
the  murder  of  little  Mary  Mohrman  ;  containing  Judge  Ludlow's 


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charge  to  the  jury,  and  the  speeches  of  the  learned  counsel  on 
both  sides.     Philadelphia,  1870;  pp.  128. 

75.  The   trial  of  John  Kiehl,  for  the  poisoning  of  his  wife, 
Sarah  E.  Kiehl,  on  the  7th  of  May,  1871.     Carlisle,  Pa.;  pp.  145. 

76.  A  complete  account  of  the  proceedings  in  the  Court  of 
Common    Pleas   of  Philadelphia,    in    Equity,   before   James  R. 
Ludlow,  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  said  Court,  to  restrain  the  Ves- 
try of  St.  Clement's  Church  from  dismissing  the  Rector  and  As- 
sistant Minister,  against  the  protest  of  the  congregation  of  said 
church,  &c.     Philadelphia,  1871. 

77.  The  First  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  case,  Common- 
wealth ex  rel.  Gordon  et  al.  v.  Williams  et  al.     A  history  of  the 
case,  the  pleadings,  the  arguments  of  the  counsel  and  the  charge 
of  Mr.  Justice  Williams.    Philadelphia:  Bourquin  &  Welsh,  1871  ; 
pp.   1 1 6. 

78.  The  Goss-Udderzook  Tragedy.     Being   the   history  of  a 
strange  case  of  deception  and  murder,  including  the  great  Life 
Insurance  Case,  and  trial  of  William  E.  Udderzook,  for  the  mur- 
der of  W.  S.  Goss.     Baltimore  Gazette,  Printers,  1873. 

79.  Alex.  Boudrou  v.  Thirteenth  and  Fifteenth  Street  Passen- 
ger Railway  Company.     An  action  for  damages,  by  being  hit 
with  the  pole  of  a  passenger  railway  car  while  on  the  rear  plat- 
form of  the  car  ahead.     Tried  in  the  District  Court  of  Philadel- 
phia, 1873.     No  place  or  publisher  named.     The  second  trial  is 
reported  in  31  Legal  Intelligencer,  p.  164. 

80.  Statement  of  facts  relative  to  the  case  of  Fox  v.   Penn 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  in  the  Court  of  Nisi  Prius  at 
Philadelphia  in  1874,  and  charge  of  Justice  Sharswood,  with  rea- 
sons for  a  new  trial,  and  decision  of  the  Court.     Printed  in  1874. 

81.  Life,  trial  and  conviction  of  William  H.  Westervelt,  for 
the  abduction  of  little  Charlie  Ross.-  Philadelphia,  1875  >  PP-  II2- 

82.  Report  of  the  case  of  the  Commonwealth  v.  John  Kehoe 
et  al.,  members  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  commonly 
known  as  "Molly  Maguires,"  in  the  Quarter  Sessions  of  Schuyl- 
kill  County,  for  an  aggravated  assault  and  battery  with  intent  to 
kill.     Reported  by  R.  A.  West.     Printed  at  Pottsville,  1876. 

83.  The  Great  Molly  Maguire  Trials  in  Carbon  and  Schuyl- 
kill  Counties,  Pennsylvania.     Brief  reference  to  such  trials  and 
arguments,  by  Gen.  Charles  Albright  and  Hon.  F.  W.  Hughes, 
in  the  case  of  the  Commonwealth  v.  James  Carroll,  James  Roarity, 
Hugh  McGehan   and  James  Boyle,  indicted  for  the  murder  of 
Benjamin  F.  Yost,  Chief  of  Police  at  Tamaqua,  July  6,  1876,  in 
the  Oyer  and  Terminer  of  Schuylkill   County,   July   22,    1876. 
Verdict  as  to  all  the  prisoners  of  guilty  of  murder  in  the  first 
degree.     Stenographically  reported  by  R.  A.  West.     Pottsville, 
1876. 

84.  The  trial  of  Frank  Kelly,  for  the  assassination  of  Octavius 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  211 

V.  Catto,  October  10,  1871,  in  the  Over  and  Terminer  of  Phila- 
delphia. Also  the  account  of  the  murders  of  Levi  Bolden,  Isaac 
Chase  and  Jacob  Gordon,  &c.  Carefully  compiled  by  Henry  H. 
Griffin.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1877.  Octavo,  pp.  45. 

85.  Harrison  v.   St.  Mark's  Church.     In  Equity  in  the  Court 
of  Common  Pleas  No.  2,  of  Philadelphia,  before  Hare,  President, 
and  Mitchell,  Associate  Judge,  in  February,  1877.     Allen,  Lane 
&  Scott,  Printers,  Philadelphia;  pp.  491. 

86.  Trial  of  Allen  C.  Laros,   for  murder,  by  poison,  in  the 
Oyer  and  Terminer  of  Northampton  County.     Defence,  Epileptic 
Insanity.     With  evidence,  argument  and  charge.     August,  1876. 
Reported  by  F.  W.  Edgar,  of  the  Easton  Bar.     Printed  at  Easton, 
1877. 

• 

A  Collation  of  the  Session  Laws, 

OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 

From  1714  to   1790. 

The  following  list  of  the  Session  Laws  prior  to  1790,  has  been 
furnished  by  a  friend,  who  has  gathered  the  titles  from  many 
sources. 

VOL.   I. 

The  Acts  and  Laws  |  of  the  |  Province  |  of  Pennsilvania,  | 
Which  were  Enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  |  said  Province, 
begun  at  Philadelphia  the  i4th  October,  1714,  |  and  Continued 
by  Adjournments  to  the  28th  of  May,  1715,  |  being  the  First 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  His  present  Majesty  |  King  George,  Over 
Great  Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  &c.  |  \_Royal  Arms]  \  Print- 
ed and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  Phila- 
delphia, MDCCXV.  |  Folio.  • 

Collation. — Title  I  leaf;  Table  of  Contents  I  leaf;  text  pp.  101-274.  Sig- 
natures Y  to  Rr  in  4's.  Signature  LI,  pp.  149-152,  is  followed  by  Mm.  pp. 
253-256,  and  the  misnumbering  is  continued  throughout  the  volume. 

The  I  Laws  |  of  the  |  Province  |  of  |  Pennsilvania,  |  Passed  by 
the  Governour  and  General  Assemblies  of  said  Pro-  |  vince,  held 
at  Philadelphia  in  the  Years  1715,  1717  and  (1718  being  the 
second  and  fourth  Year  of  His  present  Ma-  |  jesty  King  George 
over  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  &c.  |  [Royal  Arms, .]  | 
Philadelphia.  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  at  the 
Sign  of  the  Bible  |  in  Second  Street,  MDCCXVIII.  |  Folio. 

Collation.—  Title  and  Contents  i  leaf;  text  pp.  275-293,  (34),  325-253 
[352].  Signatures  Ss  to  Yy,  pp.  275-293,  p.  282  being  repeated;  Aaa  to  lii, 
1 7  unpaged  leaves,  [pp.  34],  Kkk  to  Qqq,  pp.  325  to  253,  the  last  being  a 
misprint  for  352.  • 


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An  Act  |  passed  in  the  |  General  Assembly  |  Held  at  |  Phila- 
delphia |  for  the  |  Province  of  Pennsilvania  |  The  Twenty  Fifth 
Day  of  April,  in  the  Fifth  Year  of  His  |  Majesties  [sic.~\  Reign 
Annoq  ;  Domini  1719.  |  [Royal  Arms]  \  Philadelphia  |  Printed 
and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible,  I  in  the 
Second  Street.  MDCCXIX.  |  Folio. 

Collation. — Title  I  leaf;  text  pp.  (8).     Signatures  Rrr  to  Ttt. 

VOL.  II. 

Acts  |  of  the  |  Province    of  Pennsylvania,  |  pass'd    in    the  | 
General  Assembly  |  held  at  |  Philadelphia,  |  The  Fourteenth  Day 
of  October,  and  continued  by  Ad-  |  journments  till  the  Twenty 
Fifth  Day  of  February,  in  |  the  Seventh  Year  of  His  Majesty's 
Reign,  Annoq;  |  Domini,  1720.  |  \_Royal Arms. .]  (•Philadelphia: 

|  Printed  and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  Printer  to  the  Province 
of  |  Pennsylvania,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the  Second  Street, 

|  MDCCXXI.  |    Folio,  pp.  12. 

Acts  |  of  the  |  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  |  pass'd  in  the  | 
General  Assembly  |  held  at  |  Philadelphia,  |  The  Fourteenth  Day 
of  October,  and  continued  by  Adjourn-  |  ments  till  the  Twenty 
Fifth  Day  of  February,  in  the  Seventh  |  Year  of  his  Majesty's 
Reign,  1720.  And  from  thence  by  |  Adjournments  to  the 
Twenty  Sixth  Day  of  August,  1721,  |  in  the  Eighth  Year  of  His 
Majesty's  Reign.  |  \_Royal Arms. ,]  |  Philadelphia:  |  Printed  and 
Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  Printer  to  the  Province  of  |  Pennsyl- 
vania, at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the  Second  Street,  |  MDCCXXI. 
|  Folio,  pp.  (2)  13-30. 

Acts  |  of  the  |  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  |  pass'd  in  the  | 
General  Assembly  |  held  at  |  Philadelphia,  |  The  Fourteenth  Day 
of  October,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hun-  |  dred  and  Twenty  One, 
and  continued  by  Adjournments  |  till  the  Twenty  Second  Day  of 
May,  One  Thousand  |  Seven  Hundred  and  Twenty  Two,  in  the 
Eighth  Year  of  |  His  Majesty's  Reign.  |  [Royal  Arms. ,]  |  Philadel- 
phia: |  Printed  and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  Printer  to  the 
Province  of  |  Pennsylvania,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the 
Second  Street,  |  MDCCXXII.  |  Folio,  pp.  (2)  33-90. 

VOL.  III. 

Acts  |  passed  in  the  |  General  Assembly  |  of  the  |  Province  of 
Pennsylvania.  |  Held  at  |  Philadelphia  |  The  Fourteenth  Day  of 
October,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hun-  |  dred  and  Twenty  Two, 
and  continued  by  Adjournments  |  till  the  Eleventh  Day  of  May, 
One  Thousand  Seven  |  Hundred  and  Twenty  Three  in  the  Ninth 
Tear  of  His  Majesty's  Reign.  |  \Royal  Arms.']  \  Philadelphia:  | 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  213 

Printed  and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  Printer  to  the  Province  of 
|  Pennsylvania,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the  Second  Street.  | 
MDCCXXIII.  |  Folio,  pp.  47. 

The  last  page  is  printed  on  the  inside  of  the  cover.  Two  Acts  are  omitted, 
both  of  which  were  probably,  and  one  certainly,  printed  separately.  The  latter 
with  the  following  title  : 

An  |  Act  |  pass'd  in  the  |  General  Assembly  |  Held  at  |  Phila- 
delphia |  for  the  |  Province  of  Pennsylvania.  |  The  Twenty  Second 
Day  of  March,  in  the  Ninth  Year  of  |  His  Majesties  [sic.'}  Reign 
Annoq,  Domini  1722.  |  [Royal  Arms.}  \  Philadelphia:  | 
Printed  and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  Printer  to  the  Province 
of  |  Pennsylvania,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the  Second  Street, 
|  MDCCXXIII.  |  Folio,  pp  6  ? 

VOL.   IV. 

Acts  |  passed  in  the  |  General  Assembly,  |  of  the  |  Province 
of  Pennsylvania.  |  Held  at  |  Philadelphia  |  The  Fourteenth  Day 
of  October,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hun-  |  dred  and  Twenty  Three, 
and  continued  by  Adjournments  |  till  the  Twelfth  Day  of  Decem- 
ber next  after,  in  the  |  Tenth  Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign.  | 
[Royal  Arms.}  \  Philadelphia:  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  Andrew 
Bradford,  Printer  to  the  Province  of  |  Pennsylvania,  at  the  Sign  of 
the  Bible  in  the  Second  Street.  |  MDCCXXIII.  |  Folio,  pp.  28. 

VOL.  V. 

Acts  |  passed  in  the  |  General  Assembly  |  of  the  |  Province  of 
Pennsylvania.  |  Held  at  |  Philadelphia  |  The  Fourteenth  Day  of 
October,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  |  and  Twenty  Four,  and 
Continued  by  Adjournments  till  the  |  Twenty  First  Day  of 
August  next  after,  being  the  Twelfth  Year  |  of  His  Majesty  [sic.} 
Reign,  1725.  |  [Royal  Arms.}  \  Philadelphia:  |  Printed  and 
Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  Printer  to  the  Province  of  Penn- 
sylvania, at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the  Second  Street. 
MDCCXXV.  |  Folio,  pp.  317. 

VOL.  VI. 

Acts  |  passed  in  the  |  General  Assembly  |  of  the  |  Province  of 
Pennsylvania.  |  Held  at  |  Philadelphia  |  The  Fourteenth  Day  of 
October,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  |  and  Twenty  Five,  and 
continued  by  Adjournments  till  the  |  Twenty  Fifth  Day  of 
August  next,  being  the  Thirteenth  |  Year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign, 
1726.  |  [Royal  Arms.}  \  Philadelphia:  |  Printed  and  Sold  by 
Andrew  Bradford,  Printer  to  the  Province  of  Penn-  |  sylvania,  at 
the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the  Second  Street.  |  JMDCCXXVI.  | 
Folio,  pp.  28. 

28 


214  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

VOL.  VII. 

Acts  |  passed  in  the  |  General  Assembly  |  of  the  |  Province  of 
Pennsylvania.  |  Held  at  |  Philadelphia,  j  The  Fourteenth  Day  of 
October,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  |  and  Twenty  Eight, 
and  Continued  by  Adjournments  till  the  nth  |  of  August,  1729, 
being  the  Third  Year  of  his  Majesty's  Reign.  |  [Royal  Arms. .]  | 
Philadelphia  :  |  Printed,  and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford,  Printer 
to  the  Province,  1729.  |  Folio,  pp.  (2),  353  to  387. 

Intended  as  a  continuation  of  the  collection  of  1728. 

VOL.  VIII. 

Anno  Regni  |  Georgii  II.  |  Regis  |  Magnae  Britanniae,  Francioe, 
&  Hiberniae  |  Tertio.  |  At  a  General  Assembly  of  the  Pro-  | 
vince  of  Pennsylvania,  begun  and  holden  at  |  Philadelphia,  the 
Fourteenth  Day  of  October,  Anno.  Dom.  |  1729.  In  the  Third 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Sovereign  |  Lord  George  II.  by  the 
Grace  of  God,  of  Great  |  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland,  King, 
Defender  of  the  |  Faith,  &c.  |  And  from  thence  continued  by 
Adjournments  to  the  Twelfth  of  |  January,  1729.  |  \Arms  of 
Pennsylvania]  \  Philadelphia :  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin 
and  H.  Meredith,  at  the  |  New  Printing-Office  near  the  Market. 
|  M,DCC,XXX.  |  Collation  : 

Pages. 

3.  Geo.  II.   14  Oct.,  1729  to  12  Jan.  1729-30  -48        F.  &  M.      1730 
4-        "             "        1729103   Aug.,  1730        (2)     51-57  1730 

4.  "        1730104    Jan.,  1730-1      (2)     61-90  1730 

5.  "  "        1731  to  10  Jan.,  1731-2     (2)     93-95     B.  Franklin,  1731 

6.  "  "        1731  to  31  July,  1732         (2)99-102  1732 

7.  "  "        173310  17  Dec.,  1733        (2)105-128  1733 

1733  to  12  Aug.,  1734       (2)131-133  1734 

1 734  to  17  Mar.,  1734-5    (2)137-154  1735 
9-        "             "        1735  to  12  Jan.,  1735-6    (2)157-169  1735 

12.  "  »        1737  to  7    Aug.,  1738       (2)173-189  1738 

13.  "  "        173810—  May,   1739      (2)193-229(2)  1739 
16.        "             "        1742  to  3    Feb.,  1742-43 

VOL.  IX. 

Anno  Regni  |  Georgii  II.  |  Regis  |  Magnae  Britanniae,  Francia?, 
&  Hiberniae  |  Decimo  Septimo.  |  At  a  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  |  Pennsylvania,  begun  and  holden  at  Phi-  |  ladelphia, 
the  Fourteenth  Day  of  October,  Anno  Dorn.  |  1743,  in  the  Seven- 
teenth Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  So-  |  vereign  Lord  George  II. 
by  the  Grace  of  God,  |  of  Great  Britain,  France  and  Ireland, 
King,  |  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c.  |  And  from  thence  continued  by 
Adjournments  to  |  the  Seventh  of  May,  1744.  |  [Penn  Arms.']  \ 
Philadelphia:  |  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin,  at  |  the  New— 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  215 

Printing— Office,  near  the  Market.  |  M,DCC,XLIV  |  Folio.    The 
collation  of  the  volume  is — 


Pages. 

17.  Geo.  II.     Oct.  14,  1743 

to 

May  7,  1744 

1-22  B.  Franklin,  1744 

18.        «                »       1744 

to 

[Oct.  19,  1744] 

(2)xxv.-xxvi.           "          1744 

19.      »           »     1745 

t«> 

Mar.  7,  1745-6 

(2) 

25-59             "         1746 

19- 

1745 

to 

July  9,  1746 

(2) 

61-69             "         1746 

20. 

"       1746 

to 

May  3,  1747 

I-IV.             «         1747 

22. 

"       1748 

to 

Jan.  2,  1748-9 

(2) 

73-88            '«         1749 

22. 

"       1748 

to 

Aug.  7,  1749 

(2) 

91-105            "         1749 

23- 

1749 

to 

Jan.  i,  1749-50 

(2) 

107-119            "         1749 

23 

1749 

to 

Aug.  6,  1  750 

(2) 

123-125            "         1750 

24. 

'       I7S° 

to 

Jan.  7,  1750-1 

(2) 

129-151            "         1751 

24. 

1750 

to 

May  6,  1751 

(2) 

155-158            "         1751 

24. 

1750 

to 

Aug.  6,  1751 

(2) 

clxl                    "         1751 

25- 

I75i 

to 

Feb.  3,  1752 

(2) 

161-184             "         1752 

26. 

'       I75i 

to 

Aug.  10,  1752 

(2) 

187  208             "         1752 

28. 

'       1754 

to 

Mar   17,1755 

(2) 

211-214            "         1755 

28. 

1754 

to 

June  13,  1755 

(2) 

217-222 

I75S 

28. 

1754 

to 

July  23,  1755 

(2) 

225-235 

1755 

28. 

1754 

to 

Sept.  15,1755 

(2) 

239 

1755 

28. 

1       '755 

to 

Nov.  3,175$ 

(2) 

243-260 

1755 

28. 

'       1755 

to 

Feb.  3,  1756 

(2) 

263-266 

1756 

28. 

'       1755 

to 

April  5,  1  756 

(2) 

269-270 

1756 

28. 

'       '755 

to 

May  10,  1756 

(2) 

273-274 

1756 

3°- 

'       1755 

to 

Aug.  16,  1756 

(2) 

277-316 

1756 

30- 

'       1756 

to 

Nov.  4,  1756 

(2) 

319-321 

1756 

30- 

'       1756 

to 

Nov.  22,  1756 

(2) 

325-334 

1756 

30. 

1756 

to 

Jan.  3,  1757 

(2) 

337-344 

1757 

3°. 

1756 

to 

[April  9,  1757] 

(2) 

347-361 

1757 

3°- 

1756 

to 

May  13,  1757 

(2) 

365-372 

'       -1757 

3i- 

'       1757 

to 

Jan.  2,  1758 

(2) 

375-390 

1758 

31- 

'       1757 

to  [April  22,  1758]  (2) 

393-407             •         1758 

3i- 

'       1757 

to 

[May  3,  1758] 

409-427[B.  Frank'ni758] 

32. 

'       1757 

to 

Sept.  4,  1758 

(2) 

431-436  B.  Franklin  1758 

32. 

'       1758 

to 

Feb.  5,  1759 

(2) 

439-483             "         1759 

32. 

'       1758 

to 

May  21,  1759 

(2) 

487-513            "         *759 

32- 

'       1758 

to 

Sept.  10,1759 

(2) 

517-526            "         1759 

32. 

Oct.  15,  1759 

to 

[Nov.  20,  1759] 

2) 

529-530            "         1759 

VOL.   X. 

Anno  Regni  |  Georgii  |  Regis,  j-Magnae  Britanniae,  Franciae  & 
Hiberniae,  |  Tricesimo  Tertio.  |  At  a  General  Assembly  of  the 
Province  of  Penn-  |  sylvania,  begun  and  holden  at  Philadelphia, 
|  the  Fifteenth  Day  of  October,  Anno  Domini  1759,  in  |  the 
Thirty-third  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Sovereign  |  Lord  George 
II.  by  the  Grace  of  God,  of  |  Great  Britain,  France  and 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  |  the  Faith,  &c.  |  And  from  thence 
continued  by  Adjournments  to  the  |  Eleventh  Day  of  February, 
1760.  |  \Penn  Arms.~\  \  Philadelphia:  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  B. 
Franklin,  at  the  New-  |  Printing-Office,  near  the  Market. 
MDCCLX.  I  Folio.  The  Collation  of  the  Volume  is  : 


216 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


33- 

Geo. 

II. 

Oct. 

15» 

'759, 

to 

Feb. 

ii, 

i. 

Geo. 

III. 

Oct. 

14, 

1760, 

to 

Mar. 

14, 

"  ' 

" 

to 

April 

23, 

(i 

" 

to 

Sept. 

26, 

2. 

Geo. 

III. 

Oct. 

14, 

1761, 

to 

Feb. 

17, 

"                           "               to  Mar. 

26, 

" 

ii 

to 

May 

3, 

3- 

Geo. 

III. 

Oct. 

14, 

1762, 

to 

Mar. 

4, 

"               to  July    8, 

'• 

" 

to 

Sept. 

30, 

" 

<« 

to 

Oct. 

22, 

4- 

Geo. 

III. 

Oct. 

14, 

1763, 

to 

Mar. 

24, 

14 

" 

to 

May 

30, 

" 

" 

to 

Sept. 

22, 

5- 

Geo.  III. 

Oct. 

14. 

1764, 

to 

Feb. 

15, 

" 

" 

to 

May 

1  8, 

" 

" 

to 

Sept. 

21, 

6. 

Geo. 

HI. 

Oct. 

14, 

1765, 

to 

Feb. 

8, 

" 

" 

to 

Sept. 

20, 

7- 

Geo. 

III. 

Oct. 

'4, 

1766, 

to 

Feb. 

21, 

" 

" 

to 

May 

2O, 

"                          "               to  Sept. 

26, 

8. 

Geo. 

III. 

Oct. 

14, 

1767, 

to 

Feb. 

2O, 

9- 

Geo. 

III. 

Oct. 

14, 

1768, 

to 

Feb. 

18, 

" 

" 

to 

May 

27, 

" 

" 

to 

Sept. 

30, 

Pages. 

1760  1-45  (i)  B. Franklin,  1760 

1761  47-98  "  1761 
1761     99-103  (I) 

1761  105-125  (i) 

1762  127-183  (I) 
1762  185-211  (i) 

1762  213-220 

1763  221-276 
1763  277-286 
1763  287-296 

1763  297-311  (i) 

1764  313-330 
1764  331-358 

1764  359-369  (i) 

1765  37I-4IO 
1765  411-428 

1765  429-448 

1766  449-485(1; 


1761 
1761 
1762 
1762 
1762 
1763 
1763 
1763 
1763 
1764 
1764 
1764 
1765 
1765 
1765 
David  Hall,  1766 


1766  487-498  Hall  &  Sellers,  1766 

1767  499-538  "  1767 
1767  539-583(1)  W.Goddard,  1767 

1767  585-593, 1  Hall  &  Sellers  1767 

1768  595-636  "  1768 

1769  637-737  (i)       "  1769 

1769  739-748  1769 

1769  749-758  1769 


VOL.  XI. 

Anno  Regni  |  Georgii  III.  Regis,  |  Magnae  Britanniae,  Franciae 
&  Hiberniae,  |  Decimo.  |  At  a  General  Assembly  of  the  Province 
of  Penn-  |  sylvania,  begun  andholden  at  Philadelphia,  |  the  Four- 
teenth Day  of  October,  Anno  Domini  1769,  in  |  the  Ninth  Year 
of  the  Reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  |  George  III.  by  Grace  of 
God,  of  Great  |  Britain,  France  and  Ireland,  King,  Defender  of 
the  I  Faith,  &c.  |  And  from  thence  continued  by  Adjournments 
to  t$e  |  Twenty-fourth  Day  of  February,  1770.  |  \JPenn  Arms.']  \ 
Philadelphia:  |  Printed  and  Sold  by  D.  Hall,  and  W.  Sellers,  at 
the  ]  New  Printing-Office,  near  the  Market.  MDCCLXX.  | 
Folio.  Collation : 

Pages. 

10.  Geo.  III.     Oct.  14,  1769,  to  Feb.  24,  1770                   34  H.  &,  S.,    1770 

10.                                     1769,  to  May  16,  1770   (2)      37-38  "           1770 

10.  1769,  to  Sept.  29,  1770   (2)      41-50  "           1770 

11.  1770,  to  Mar.  9,  1771    (2)    53-153  1771 

11.  1770,  to  Sept.  25,  1771    (2)157-165  1771 

12.  1771,  to  Mar.  21,  1772   (2)  169-286  (2)    "  1772 

12.  1771,  to  Sept.  19,  1772   (2)  289-290  "  1772 

13.  1772,  to  Feb.  26,  1773   (2)  293-355  "  '773 
13.  1772,10  Sept.  28,  1773   (2)  359-366  1773 
14-  1773,  to  Jan.  22,  1774  (2)369-410  1774 
14-  1773,  to  Sept.  29,  1774  (2)  413-436  1774 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


217 


15.  Geo.  III.  Oct.  14,  1774,  to  Mar.  18,  1775 

15.    «  "    1774,  to  June  29,  1775 

15.  "  «    1 774,  to  Sept.  30,  1775 

16.  "  §ept.  30,  1775,  to  Nov. — ,  1775 
16.         "  "         1775,  to  April  6,  1776 


(2)  439-464  H.  &  S., 


1775 
1775 
1775 
1775 
1776 


The  Acts  of  the  Provincial  Assembly  terminate  with  the  Session 
of  1775-6.  The  next  Assembly  met  under  the  Constitution  of 
1776,  and  as  it  seems  to  have  been  the  intention  of  the  editor  or 
publisher  of  the  laws  passed  under  the  new  Constitution  as  a  dis- 
tinct series,  the  numbering  of  the  volumes  is  begun  anew. 

VOL.    I. 

Laws  |  enacted  in  a  |  General  Assembly  |  of  the  |  Representa- 
tives |  of  the  |  Freemen  |  of  the  [Commonwealth  |  of  |  Pennsyl- 
vania. |  Begun  and  held  at  Philadelphia  the  Twenty-eighth  day 
of  November,  |  A.  D.  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Seventy- 
six,  and  continued  by  Adjournments  |  to  the  Twenty-first  day  of 
March,  A.  D.  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  |  Seventy-seven. 
|  Philadelphia;  |  Printed  by  John  Dunlap,  in  Market-Street.  | 
M,DCC,LXXVII.  I  Folio.  Collation  : 


1777.  ist  Sitting  of  ist  Assembly, 

1777.  2nd  "  " 

1777.  3rd  " 

1778.  1st  Sitting  of  2nd  Assembly, 
1778.  2nd          ."  " 
1778.  3rd 

1778.  4th  "  " 

1778.  ist  Sitting  of  3rd  Assembly, 

1779.  2nd  "  " 
1779.  3rd 

1779.  ist  Sitting  of  4th  Assembly, 

1780.  2nd  "  " 
1780.  3rd            "  " 
1780.  4th'           "  " 

1780.  ist  Sitting  of  5th  Assembly, 

1781.  2nd  "  " 
1781.  3rd            "                     " 
1781.  4th            "  " 


Pages. 

36 

J.  Dunlap,        1777 

(2 

37-48  (I) 

1777 

(2 

51-65  (0 

1777 

(2 

71-100 

1778 

101-132 

[J.  Dunlap,  1778] 

133-136 

" 

137-164 

" 

(2 

167-178 

J.   Dunlap,      1778 

177-228  \_sic.  ~\ 

[J.  Dunlap,   1779] 

229-260 

" 

261-280  (i) 

" 

283-365  (I) 

J.  Dunlap,       1780 

367-384 

" 

385,394  (i) 

" 

397-417  (i) 

[1780] 

395-432  (2)  [SIC. 

[1781] 

459-476  [sic.'] 

[J.  Dunlap,  1781] 

477-488 

" 

VOL.   II. 

Laws  |  enacted  in  |  The   Sixth  |  General  Assembly  |  of  the  | 
Representatives  |  of  the  |  Freemen  |  of  the  |  Commonwealth  |  of 
Pennsylvania,  |  At  the  Sitting  which  commenced  at  Philadelphia 


on  Monday, 
by  Adjourn- 


the  Twenty-second  Day  of  October,  and  continued 
ment  to  Friday,  the  Twenty-eighth  Day  of  Decem- 


ber, A.  D.  |  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Eighty-one,  j 


218  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Vol.  II.  |  Philadelphia  :  |  Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers,  in  Market- 
street.  |  M,DCC,  LXXXII.  |  Folio.     Collation- 
Pages.  • 

1781.  1st  Sitting  of  6th  Assembly,  8  Hall  &  Sellers,      1782 

1782.  2nd         "  "  9-81  (2\ 
1782.  3rd          "                      "                       85-110  (i) 

1782.  1st  Sitting  of  7th  Assembly,     (2)  115-126 

1783.  2nd         "  "  127-184 
1783.  3rd         "                     •<  i85-254x(2) 

1783.  1st  Sitting  of  8th  Assembly,  255-270  (i)  Thomas  Bradford,  [n.d] 

1784.  2nd         "  "  271-368,  iii. 
1784.  3rd         "                    "  37 1 -399,  "• 

1784.  1st  Sitting  of  gth  Assembly,  401-415  (i) 

1785.  2nd         "  "  417-587, iv. 
1785.  3rd          "                                         .  589-704,  iii. 

VOL.    III. 

No  title-page.  Each  Session,  with  the  changes  necessary  to 
adapt  this  form  to  successive  sittings  and  Assemblies,  is  headed 
as  follows : 

Laws  |  enacted  in  the  first  sitting  |  of  the  Tenth  |  General 
Assembly  |  of  the  |  Commonwealth  |  of  |  Pennsylvania,  |  Which 
commenced  at  Philadelphia,  on  Monday  the  |  Twenty-fourth  day 
of  October,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  one  |  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  eighty-five  |  Folio.  Collation  : 

Pages. 

1785.  ist  Sitting  of  loth  Assembly,  8  (i)         T.  Bradford,  [n.  d] 

1786.  2nd         "  "  9-87    4 
1786.   3rd         "                      "  89 

1786.  ist  Sitting  of  nth  Assembly,  181-194(1) 

1787.  2nd         "  "  I95-3X3  iv- 
1787.  3rd         "                                              3I5-40Q 

1787.  ist  Sitting  of  I2th  Assembly,  401-404  (i) 

1788.  2nd         "  "  404-454  (2) 
1788.  3rd         «  455-537  (2) 

VOL.  IV. 

No  title-page,  but  with  the  heading  to  each  session,  as  in  Vol. 
III.  Collation : 

Pages. 

1788.  ist  Silting  of  I3th  Assembly,  7  (i)       T.  Bradford,  [n.  d.] 

1789.  2nd         "  "  9-108  "  " 
1789.  3rd         "                    "                        105-203   3 

1789.  ist  Sitting  of  1 4th  Assembly,  207-232   2 

1790.  2nd         "  "  233-317  "  " 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  219 

The  Law  Association, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA. 

This  institution  traces  its  origin  back  to  the  beginning  of  the 
century,  its  Law  Library  being  the  oldest  in  the  United  States. 
On  the  i3th  of  March,  1802,  seventy-one  members  of  the  Bar  of 
Philadelphia,  associated  themselves  and  were  incorporated  as 
•'  The  Law  Library  Company  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,"  the 
objects  being  limited  to  the  forming  and  maintaining  of  a  law 
library  for  the  use  of  its  members.  It  was  managed  by  a  Board 
of  seven  Directors.  The  first  Board,  which  was  named  in  the 
Charter,  was  composed  of  Joseph  B.  McKean,  William  Lewis, 
Edward  Tilghman,  William  Rawle,  Jasper  Moylan,  Joseph 
Hopkinson  and  John  B.  Wallace,  who  appointed  the  latter  to  be 
the  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Some  years  after  this  another  organization  was  formed  with  less 
restricted  objects,  styled  "  The  Associated  Members  of  the  Bar  of 
Philadelphia. ' '  By  the  terms  of  its  Constitution,  membership  was 
confined  to  practitioners  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania. 
It  was  not  incorporated,  and  its  records  have  disappeared,  but  a 
printed  copy  of  its  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  and  List  of  Mem- 
bers, for  1821,  has  been  preserved.  Its  chief  objects  seem  to  have 
been  to  bestow  especial  attention  upon  the  practice  of  the  Bar, 
and  the  improvement  of  the  rules  of  practice  adopted  by  the 
Courts,  to  maintain  the  purity  of  professional  practice,  to  prevent 
unfair  intrusions  upon  the  ranks  of  the  profession  and  to  afford 
pecuniary  aid  arid  relief  to  its  members  when  necessary.  Its  offi- 
cers consisted  of  a  Chancellor,  a  Vice-Chancellor,  a  Treasurer, 
and  a  Secretary,  and  its  Standing  Committees,  of  a  Committee  of 
Censors  and  a  Finance  Committee. 

On  the  29th  of  March,  1827,  these  two  organizations  were 
united  under  the  name  of  "  The  Law  Association  of  Philadelphia," 
and  the  Charter  of  "The  Law  Library  Company"  was  amended 
accordingly,  adopting  in  great  part  the  system  of  organization 
and  objects  of  "The  Associated  Members  of  the  Bar,"  and  pro- 
viding for  the  care  and  continuation  of  the  Library  formerly 
belonging  to  "The  Law  Library  Company."  This  amended 
Charter  was  signed  by  fifty-four  members  of  the  Bar.  The  union 
was  perfected  at  a  meeting  held  April  2,  1827,  when  an  election 
for  officers  was  held,  at  which  the  venerable  William  Rawle  was 
elected  Chancellor  (which  office  he  had  been  holding  in  "The 
Associated  Members  of  the  Bar,")  Horace  Binney,  Vice-Chancel- 
lor, George  M.  Dallas,  Secretary,  and  Thomas  I.  Wharton,  Treas- 
urer (which  office,  as  also  that  of  Secretary,  he  had  been  holding 
in  "The  Law  Library  Company.") 

In  the  year  1880  certain  additional  amendments  to  the  Charter 
were  granted,  in  order  to  adapt  the  powers  and  objects  of  The 


220 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAH 


Law  Association  to  present  requirements  and  to  increase  its  effi- 
ciency.    As  therein  stated,  its  objects  are  : 

1.  The  general  supervision  of  the  conduct  of  members  of  the 
Bar,  and  of  all  persons  connected  officially  with  the  administra- 
tion of  the  law  or  in  charge  of  the  public  records,  and,  in  cases 
of  any  breach  of  duty  on  their  part,  the  institution  of  such  pro- 
ceedings as  may  be  lawful  in  respect  thereto. 

2.  The  improvement  of  the  law  and  of  its  administration  ;  the 
protection  of  the  Bar  and  of  judicial  tribunals,  their  officers  and 
members,  from  invasion  of  their  rights ;  and  the  maintenance  of 
their  proper  influence. 

3.  The  keeping  up  of  a  law  library. 

The  censorship  of  the  association  over  the  Bar  has  had  a  marked 
effect.  Its  law  library  is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  numbers 
(in  1883)  nearly  16,000  volumes,  the  collection  being  especially 
strong  in  Reports  and  in  the  Sessions  Laws  of  the  different  United 
3tates.  The  Association  also  possesses  a  fine  collection  of  painted 
portraits  and  busts  of  worthies  of  the  United  States  and  State 
Benches,  and  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar.  Its  present  membership 
numbers  313  (as  of  Dec.  4,  1882.)  The  following  is  the  list  of 
the  officers  of  The  Law  Association,  since  its  re-organization  in 
1827  upon  its  present  basis: 


William  Rawle, 
Peter  S.  Du  Ponceau, 
John  Sergeant, 
Horace  Binney, 
Joseph  R.  Ingersoll, 
William  M.  Meredith, 
Peter  McCall, 
George'  W.  Biddle, 


CHANCELLORS. 

from       1827  until  his  death  in  1836 
1836     "  1844 

1845     "    tne  year-         I%$2 
1852     "         "  1854 

1854     "  1857 

1857  until  his  death  in  1873 
1873     "  "  l88° 

1880 


VICE-CHANCELLORS. 
Horace  Binney,  from       1827    until    the   year     1836 


John  Sergeant, 

Joseph  R.  Ingersoll,  1845 

Thomas  I.  Wharton,  1854 

George  M.  Dallas,  1857 

Peter  McCall,  1865 

George  W.  Biddle,  1873 

William  Henry  Rawle,  since  1880 

TREASURERS. 

Thomas  I.  Wharton,      from  1827 

John  William  Wallace,     "  1841 

Asa  Israel  Fish,                  "  1864 

William  Brooke  Rawle,  since  1879 


1845 
"  "  1854 
his  death  in  1856 

1864 
the  year  1873 

1880 


until   the   year     1841 

"       "        1864 

"     his  death  in  1879 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  221 

SECRETARIES. 

George  M.  Dallas,  from  1827  until  the  year  1827 

Charles  Wheeler,                "  1827  "  "  "  1840 

Peter  McCall,                     "  1840  "  "  ."  1852 

Edward  Hopper,                "  1852  "  "  "  1875 

A.  Sydney  Biddle,             "  1875  "  "  "  '880 

Robert  D.  Coxe,  since  1880 

The  present  Officers  and  Standing  Committees  are  as  follows : 

CHANCELLOR,         .  .  George  W.  Biddle. 

VICE-CHANCELLOR,  .  William  Henry  Rawle. 

SECRETARY,  .         .  .  Robert  Davison  Coxe.     . 

TREASURER,  .         .  .  William  Brooke  Rawle. 

COMMITTEE  OF  CENSORS. 

Eli  K.  Price,  George  L.  Crawford, 

Charles  S.  Pancoast,  Samuel  Dickson, 

George  Junkin,  Richard  L.  Ashhurst, 

John  Samuel,  John  G.  Johnson, 

Rufus  E.  Shapley. 

LIBRARY  COMMITTEE. 

Richard  C.  McMurtrie,  Albert  A.  Outerbridge, 

Samuel  C.  Perkins,  Pierce  Archer, 

Henry  Flanders,  William  W.  Wiltbank, 

James  Tyndale  Mitchell,  George  Biddle, 

E.  Coppee  Mitchell,  Henry  Reed, 

George  Tucker  Bispham,  Richard  C.  Dale. 

Librarian — Francis  Rawle. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  publications  of  the  Law  Association, 
the  titles  of  which  are  here  inserted  for  future  reference. 

1.  Catalogue  of  the  Books  belonging  to  the  Law  Library  Com- 
pany of  the  City  of  Philadelphia.     To  which    is   prefixed   the 
Charter,  Regulations,  and  a  List  of  the  Members.     Published  by 
order  of  the  Directors.     James  Humphreys,  Printer,  1805  ;  24  pp. 

2.  Catalogue  of  the  Books  belonging  to  the  Law  Library  Com- 
pany of  the  City  of  Philadelphia.     To  which   is   prefixed    the 
Charter,  Regulations,  and  a  List  of  the  Members.     Published  by 
order  of  the  Directors.     Printed  by  T.  Maxwell,  1811  ;  36  pp. 

3.  Constitution  and,  By-Laws  of  the  Associated  Members  of  the 
Bar   of  Philadelphia.     Printed   for   the   Association,   by  T.   S. 
Manning,  1821.     With  List  of  officers  and  members.     16  pp. 

4.  Two  Addresses  to  the  Associated  Members  of  the  Bar  of 

29 


222  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Philadelphia.    Pronounced  by  William  Rawle,  Esquire,  Chancellor 
of  the  Association.     Philadelphia,  1824;  52pp. 

5.  A  Catalogue  of  the  Books  belonging  to  the  Law  Association 
of  Philadelphia;  to  which  are  added  the  Charter,  Regulations, 
and  a  list  of  members.     Published  by  order  of  the  Library  Com- 
mittee, 1828;  pp.  40. 

6.  Proceedings  of  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Law  Association 
of  Philadelphia,  held  Dec.  5,  1842  ;  containing  the  Treasurer's 
Report.     Printed  by  order  of  the  Association,  1842  ;  8  pp. 

7.  Catalogue  of  the  Books  belonging  to  the  Law  Association  of 
Philadelphia.     Printed  by  Lydia  R.  Bailey,  1846  ;  54  pp. 

8.  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Law  Association  of  Phila- 
delphia, with  Rules  and  List  of  Members,  etc.     (Founded  A.  D. 
1802.)     Printed  by  C.  Sherman,  Philadelphia,  1849;  64  pp. 

9.  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Law  Association  of  Phila- 
delphia, with  Rules  and  List  of  Members,  &c.     (Founded  A.  D. 
1802.)     Printed  by  L.  R.  Bailey,  Philadelphia,  1857;   74  pp. 

10.  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Law  Association,   with 
Rules  and  List  of  Members.     (Founded  A.  D.  1802. )     Printed 
by  Henry  B.  Ashmead,  1861  ;   114  pp. 

n.  Charter  and  By-Laws  of  the  Law  Association  of  Philadel- 
phia; containing  Charter  of  1802,  amended  Charters  of  1827,  and 
of  Proposed  Amendments  (adopted  1875.)  Philadelphia,  1874; 
22  pp. 

12.  A  Report  of  the  Proceedings  at  the  Meeting  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Bar  and  of  the   Law  Association  of  Philadelphia,  held 
Nov.  4  and  5,  1880,  upon  the  occasion  of  the  death  of  Hon. 
Peter  McCall.     Printed  by  J.   M.   Power  Wallace,  1880  ;  40  pp. 

13.  Charter  of  the  Law  Association  of  Philadelphia,  (as  amend- 
ed, 1880,)  and  By-Laws.     Philadelphia,  1880;  12  pp. 

14.  Rules  of  the  Library  Committee  of  the  Law  Association  of 
Philadelphia,  1881.     Printed  by  Allen,  Lane  &  Scott;  1881  ;  6  pp. 

15.  A  Memoir  of  the  late  Hon.   Peter  McCall,  Chancellor  of 
the  Law  Association  of  Philadelphia.     Read  before  the  Associa- 
tion at  the  Hall  of  the  Historical   Society  of  Pennsylvania,  on 
Thursday  evening,  Jan.    13,    1881,   by  Hon.   Isaac   Hazlehurst. 
[Philadelphia,  1881]  ;  34  pp. 

List  of  Portraits  and  Busts 

BELONGING   TO   THE   LAW   ASSOCIATION   OF   PHILADELPHIA. 
Portraits. 

Chancellors   of   the   Association — William    Rawle    (by   In  man. } 
Peter  Stephen  Du  Ponceau  (by  Otis,  and  another  by  Sully. '' 

JThe  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  have  a  copy  of  this  latter  portrait, 
painted  by  W.  Sanford  Mason.  Mr.  Du  Ponceau  having  been  the  second  I'reM 
dent  of  that  Society.  He  came  to  this  country  as  the  Secretary  of  Baron 
Steuben,  in  1777.  See  Catalogue  of  the  Society,  1872,  p.  38. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  223 

John  Sergeant.  Horace  Binney  (by  Sully.)  Joseph  R.  Inger- 
soll  (by  Sully.)  William  M.  Meredith  (photograph.)  Peter 
McCalK  by  Uhle. ) 

Vice- Chancellors  of  the  Association — George  Mifflin  Dallas  (by 
Marchant. )  Thomas  I.  Wharton  (photograph.) 

Chief  Justices  of  the  U.  S. — John  Marshall  (by  Inman.)  Roger 
B.  Taney  (after  the  original  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  U. 
S.,  at  Washington,  by  Miss  M.  Strong.) 

Chief  Justices  of  Pennsylvania — Thomas  McKean  (by  Marchant 
after  Stuart.)  Edward  Shippen  (by  Sully  after  Stuart.)  Wil- 
liam Tilghman  (by  Neagle  after  R.  Peale.)  John  Bannister 
Gibson  (by  Street.)  John  M.  Read.  James  Thompson  (by 
Marchant.)  George  Sharsvvood  (by  Neagle.) 

Judges — William  Lewis.  John  Bouvier.  George  M.  Stroud. 
Oswald  Thompson  (by  Conarroe.)  Joseph  Allison  (Crayon.) 
James  Riley  Ludlow  (by  Waugh.)  William  S.  Pierce  (byLin- 
derman.)  Thomas  K.  Finletter.  Frederick  Carroll  Brewster 
(by  Waugh.) 

Chancellor — James  Kent,  of  New  York  (by  Marchant.) 

Lawyers — Edward  Tilghman  (by  R.  Peale.)  Charles  Chauncey 
(by  Sully.)  Ferdinand  W.  Hubbell  (by  Conarroe.)  David 
Paul  Brown  (by  Neagle.)  Theodore  Cuyler  (by  Huntingdon. ) 
Eli  Kirk  Price  (by  Marchant.) 

Busts. 
Chief  Justices — John  Marshall.     John  Bannister  Gibson. 

The  Law  Academy, 

OF   PHILADELPHIA. 
"  Per  Aspera  ad  Astra." 

Connected  with  the  Bar,  and  for  the  advancement  of  the  law 
students  in  their  profession,  there  is  the  "  Law  Academy  of  Phila- 
delphia," said  to  have  been  founded  in  1783,  in  a  pamphlet  of  68 
pages,  issued  by  the  Academy  in  1871,  giving  all  known  informa- 
tion respecting  the  Society,  together  with  lists  of  the  Provosts  and 
other  officers,  members,  and  honorary  members.  The  Minutes 
prior  to  1822,  and  up  to  1845,  appear  to  have  been  carelessly  kept. 
On  April  14,  1838,  the  Association  was  incorporated  in  due  form, 
and  soon  thereafter  the  members  re-elected  their  first  Provost,  the 
venerable  Peter  S.  Du  Ponceau.  He  died  in  1844,  and  the  late 
Thomas  Sergeant  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacant  position,  and  held 
it  until  his  resignation  in  1855,  wnen  tne  Hon.  George  Sharswood, 
the  late  Chief  Justice  of  Pennsylvania,  formerly  one  of  the  Vice- 
Provosts,  was  elected  Provost.  The  active  members  of  the  Law 
Academy  are  permitted  by  the  Law  Association  to  use  their  books 
for  reference.  Whilst  I  was  an  active  member  of  the  Academy. 


224  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

I  was  its  Treasurer  from  1844  to  1845  >  during  that  period  Mr. 
Du  Ponceau  by  his  will,  left  $200  to  the  Academy,  a  portion  of 
which  was  expended  in  getting  his  likeness  painted.  This  portrait 
was  presented  to  the  Law  Association,  and  now  hangs  on  the 
walls  of  the  library  rooms.  It  represents  the  venerable  Provost  in 
his  old  age,  with  spectacles.  The  Law  Library  has  another  pic- 
ture of  Mr.  Du  Ponceau,  but  he  was  a  much  younger  man  when 
it  was  taken.  His  name  is  printed  on  the  frame.  It  was  copied 
from  his  portrait  in  possession  of  the  American  Philosophi*  al  So- 
ciety. As  a  part  of  the  History  of  the  Bench  and  Bar  of  Philadel  - 
phia,  I  will  give  here  the  following  sketch  of  the  Law  Academy 
by  a  well-known  member  of  our  Bar. 

The  Law  Academy,  of  Philadelphia. 

BY   LAWRENCE   LEWIS,    JR. 

The  opportunities  for  legal  education  in  Pennsylvania  were  in 
Colonial  times  scanty  in  the  extreme.  There  were,  it  is  true,  some 
practitioners  of  eminence,  in  whose  offices  a  student  might  hope 
to  lay  the  foundations  of  a  sound  legal  knowledge  by  a  diligent 
course  of  reading.  There  was,  however,  an  entire  absence  of 
variety  in  the  methods  of  instruction.  No  courses  of  lectures 
were  delivered  upon  legal  topics,  and  no  opportunity  was  afforded 
to  young  men  to  test  their  abilities  before  entering  upon  the  arena 
of  active  practice.  It  is  easy  to  understand,  that  under  these 
circumstances  some  institution  in  the  nature  of  a  Law  Academy 
was  long  and  sorely  needed.  The  readings  and  mootings  of  the 
London  Inns  of  Court  seemed  naturally  the  fittest  model  upon 
which  to  frame  such  an  institution,  and  it  was  upon  such  a  basis 
that  in  1784  the  first  legal  debating  club  was  formed.  It  was 
composed  entirely  of  law  students;  Judge  Bushrod  Washington, 
John  Wilkes  Kittera  and  Peter  S.  Du  Ponceau,  with  several  other 
afterwards  famous  names  appearing  upon  its  roll.  It  dissolved 
within  a  year  or  two,  as  soon  as  its  members  were  admitted  to 
practice.  Another  society  with  like  purposes  was  formed  about 
1798,  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  which  will  be  found  among 
the  Hopkinson  papers  in  the  Historical  Society's  Hall,  drawn  up 
(I  think)  in  the  handwriting  of  Francis  Hopkinson.  This  Society 
seems  also  to  have  been  shortly  dissolved. 

In  1811  the  project  was  started  anew.  The  members  conceived 
the  happy  expedient  of  electing  an  older  member  of  the  Bar  as 
their  President,  and  succeeded  in  inducing  Mr.  Du  Ponceau  to 
occupy  that  position.  It  became  his  duty  to  preside  at  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Society,  and  to  render  judgments  upon  the  cases 
argued  before  him.  We  have  little  knowledge  of  the  operations 
of  this  Association,  save  that  it  soon  languished,  and  like  its  pre- 
decessors ceased  to  exist  in  less  than  two  vears  after  its  foundation. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  225 

In  1820  the  Association  was  again  brought  into  being,  Mr. 
Du  Ponceau  being  again  chosen  the  President.  This  Society 
comprehended  only  younger  members  of  the  profession,  both 
students  and  those  already  admitted  to  the  Bar.  Warned  by 
the  evanescent  character  of  previous  associations  for  similar  pur- 
poses, a  committee  was  appointed  to  wait  upon  the  President, 
and  with  him,  to  devise  some  scheme  by  which  the  permanency 
of  the  Academy  might  be  assured.  After  several  weeks'  delibera- 
tion several  members  of  .the  Bar  became  interested  in  the  scheme, 
and  it  was  agreed  to  form  a  society  composed  of  Judges,  mem- 
bers of  the  Bar  and  students-at-law  who  had  already  attained  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years,  to  be  known  as  "  The  Society  for  the 
Promotion  of  Legal  Knowledge  and  Forensic  Eloquence."  Its 
object  was  to  adopt  a  more  scientific  and  academic  system  in  the 
method  of  legal  instruction  than  any  at  that  time  employed,  and  to 
exercise  students  in  the  art  of  public  speaking,  so  as  to  unite  the 
talent  of  the  orator  with  the  science  of  the  jurist.  Its  motto  was 
"  Deo  Adjuvants."  This  Society  was  regularly  incorporated  on 
Jan.  12,  1821,  and  its  officers  were  as  follows : 

PRESIDENT,          .  .  Hon.  William  Tilghman,  LL.D. 

VICE-PRESIDENT,  .  William  Rawle,  Esq. 

SECRETARY,          .  .  John  K.  Kane,  Esq. 

TREASURER,         .  .  Benjamin  Tilghman,  Esq. 

The  Constitution  of  this  Society  provided  that  there  should  be 
annexed  to  it  a  Law  Academy,  the  Faculty  of  which  should  con- 
sist of  a  Provost  and  Vice-Provost,  and  other  Professors,  to  be 
chosen  by  the  parent  Society.  The  academical  year  was  to  begin 
on  the  first  Thursday  in  May,  and  the  students  were  to  perform 
such  exercises  as  the  Faculty  of  the  Academy  should  direct.  By 
a  schedule  the  Law  Society,  then  existing  under  the  Presidency 
of  Mr.  Du  Ponceau,  was  invited  to  form  itself  into  an  Academy 
under  the  regulations  already  mentioned.  The  members  of  that 
Society  were  not  slow  to  avail  themselves  of  an  opportunity  which 
their  own  foresight  and  prudence  had  provided,  and  for  some  time 
the  Academy  pursued  its  work  under  these  auspices.  It  consisted 
of  30  regular  and  18  honorary  members.  The  Provost  and  Vice- 
Provost  heard  arguments  in  turn,  and  gave  written  opinions  in 
the  shape  of  lectures  on  the  ensuing  evening  of  the  session.  In 
process  of  time  courses  of  lectures  were  added  to  the  academical 
course,  and  the  Institution  seemed  exceedingly  prosperous  and 
successful.  Mr.  Du  Ponceau  acted  as  Provost,  James  Gibson, 
Esq.,  as  Vice-Provost,  while  Judge  Barnes  read  two  courses  of 
lectures,  to  the  general  satisfaction  and  edification  of  his  hearers. 

A  slight  and  unexpected  accident,  however,  dissolved  within  a 
short  time  the  parent  Society.  In  May,  1823  or  1824,  a  meeting 
had  been  appointed  in  the  Supreme  Court  room  to  elect  officers. 


226  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Unfortunately,  at  the  hour  appointed,  the  door  was  locked,  the 
doorkeeper  missing,  and  the  Society,  after  waiting  some  time, 
dispersed.  There  was  no  provision  in  the  Constitution  for  such 
an  event.  Chief  Justice  Tilghman  gave  it  as  his  opinion  that  the 
Society  could  not  proceed  without  a  ne.w  Charter.  Several  meet- 
ings were  held  looking  to  such  a  result,  but  the  discussion  grew 
prolonged,  the  meetings  less  and  less  numerous,  and  at  last  the 
Society  was  altogether  disbanded.  The  Academy,  deserted  in 
this  way,  did  not,  however,  lose  courage.  They  drew  up  a  Con- 
stitution whereby  they  assumed  to  themselves  the  election  of  their 
Faculty  and  officers.  Although  the  loss  of  the  parent  Society  for 
a  while  seemed  to  threaten  disastrous  consequences,  they  never- 
theless continued  to  grow  in  importance,  in  numbers  and  in  use- 
fulness. Several  Vice-Provosts  were  added  from  time  to  time, 
and  the  original  plan  fully  and  admirably  carried  out.  By  an  Act 
approved  April  14,  1838,  (P.  L.  402),  the  Society  was  incorpo- 
rated by  the  name  of  The  Law  Academy  of  Philadelphia,  and  was 
vested  with  all  the  ordinary  corporate  powers. 

Out  of  regard  to  the  services  of  Chief  Justice  Tilghman,  the 
Academy  elected  him  their  patron,  a  title  which  he  retained  until 
his  death,  when  the  Institution  did  not  fail  to  pay  a  proper  tribute 
of  respect  to  his  memory. 

The  Academy  at  present  consists  of  upwards  of  three  hundred 
members.  Its  Provost  is  the  Hon.  George  Sharswood,  LL.D., 
and  there  are  in  addition  seven  Vice-Provosts.  Arguments  are 
held  once  a  week,  in  the  old  District  Court  room.  Addresses  on 
appropriate  legal  topics  are  frequently  delivered  before  the  Society, 
and  an  annual  competition  takes  place  for  prizes  offered  for  the 
best  essays  on  given  legal  topics. 

• 

The  Officers  of  the  Law  Academy. 

PROVOSTS. 

Peter  Stephen  Du  Ponceau,2  elected  1821  to  1844 
Thomas  Sergeant,  1844  to  1855 
George  Sharswood,  "  1855  to  

VICE-PROVOSTS. 
James  Gibson,  elected  1821    to 


Thomas  Sergeant, 
Bloomfield  Mcllvaine, 
Edward  Duffield  Ingraham, 
Joseph  Hopkinson, 
James  Somers  Smith, 
Antony  Laussat,  Jr., 
John  Kintzing  Kane, 


to  1844 

t  c\       

LU 

to    

tO      : 

to    


to    1832 
to    1832 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


227 


John  Morin  Scott, 
Charles  Ingersoll, 
William  Rawle,  Jr., 
Job  Roberts  Tyson, 
John  Cadwalader, 
Peter  McCall, 
William  Morris  Meredith, 
David  Paul  Brown, 
Garrick  Mallerv, 
George  Sharswood, 
.William  Bradford  Reed, 
Benjamin  Gerhard. 
Edward  Ellenborough  Law, 
Isaac  Hazlehurst, 
George  Mifflin  Wharton, 
William  Axton  Stokes, 
William  Augustus  Porter, 
George  Washington  Biddle, 
James  Fraser  Johnston, 
Edward  Hopper, 
Elihu  Spencer  Miller, 
Benjamin  Harris  Brewster, 
John  Innis  Clark  Hare, 
Henry  Wharton, 
Phineas  Pemberton  Morris, 
Richard  Coxe  McMurtrie. 
William  Henry  Rawle, 
George  Junkin,  Jr., 
Clement  Biddle  Penrose, 
Martin  Russell  Thayer, 
James  Tyndale  Mitchell, 
Edward  Coppee  Mitchell, 
George  Tucker  Bispham, 
George  Mifflin  Dallas, 


elected 


to  1836 

to  1838 

to  

1833  to  1858 

1833  to  1853 

1833  to  1862 

1836  to  1837 

1837  to  1838 

1838  to  1840 
1838  to  1855 
1840  to  1841 

1840  to  1858 

1841  to  1843 
1841  to  1855 

1845  to  I^55 

1846  to  1848 
1849  to  1852 
1853  to  1868 
1855  to  1865 

1855  to  1864 

1856  to  1879 
1858  to  1862 
1862  to  

1862  to  1865 

1863  to  1864 

1864  to  1881 

1865  to  1873 
1865  to  1877 

1868  to  

1873  to  

1873  to  

1877  to  

1878  to  

1881  to  


1832  —  Horace  Binney,  Jr., 
1832  —  Thomas  Drummond, 
1833—  Samuel  Hood, 

1833—  Robert  K.  Scott, 

1834—  John  J.  White, 

1834  —  Joseph  Brewster  Walker, 

1835  —  Samuel  Hood, 

1836  —  George  Sharswood, 

1837  —  William  Tilghman, 
1837  —George  Emlen, 


PRESIDENTS. 
1837 


1838- 
1838- 
1838- 
1838- 
1840- 
1841- 
1845- 
1845- 


-Joseph  B.  Stratton, 
-William  F.  Small, 
-James  W.  Paul, 
-Charles  Kirkham, 
-Charles  Gibbons, 
-William  A.  Stokes, 
-P.  Pemberton  Morris, 
-Edward  Armstrong, 
-Frederick  W.  Grayson, 
-F.  Carroll  Brewster, 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


1846 
1846 
1846 
1846 
1847 
1848 
1849 
1850 
1851 
1852 
1854 
1855 
1856 
1857 
1858 
1859 
1860 
1861 


William  S.  Peirce,  1861- 

Edward  Shippen,  1862- 

Alexander  McKinley,  1864- 

Henry  S.  Hagert,  1865- 

Cadwal.  M.Wickersham,  1867- 

George  W.  Wollaston,  186.7- 

Clement  M.  Husbands,  1868- 

George  Junkin,  Jr.,  1869- 

Charles  F.  Burgin,  1870- 

William  Arthur  Jackson,  1871- 

William  Ernst,  1872- 

Samuel  Clarke  Perkins,  1873- 

Theodore  G.  Allen,  1875- 

John  Sergeant  Price,  1876- 

William  H.  Ruddiman,  1877- 

Henry  Clay  Beatty,  1878- 

Isaac  Myer,  Jr.,  1879- 

Franklin  Shippen,  1880- 

James  Starr,  Jr.,  1881- 


1882— Edward  P.  Allinson. 


VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Office  created  in  1855. 


-John  Borland  Thayer, 
-Charles  J.  Buckwalter, 
-Thomas  Hart,  Jr., 
-William  McMichael, 
-James  Lanman  Harmar, 
-Samuel  W.  Pennypacker, 
-William  White  Wiltbank, 
-William  D.  Wetherill, 
-Samuel  S.  Hollingsworth, 
-Charles  A.  Lagen, 
-Dallas  Sanders, 
-A.  Sydney  Biddle, 
-Henry  Galbraith  Ward, 
-Samuel  L.  Parrish, 
-Richard  C.  Dale,  Jr., 
-Frank  P.  Prichard, 
-J.  Rodman  Paul, 
-Walter  George  Smith. 
-William  R.  Philler, 


-John  Sergeant  Price, 
-William  H.  Ruddiman, 
-William  H.  Smith, 
-Isaac  Myer,  Jr., 
-William  C.  Hannis, 
-James  Starr,  Jr., 
-John  Hughes  Edwards, 
-T.  Bradford  Dwight, 
-Richard  Ashhurst,  Jr., 
-John  Rue  Read, 
-Frank  K.  Hippie, 
-William  Wynne  Wister, 
-Samuel  W.  Pennypacker, 
1882 — Lucius 


1868— J.  Dennie  Meredith, 
1869 — Charles  E.  Morgan,  Jr., 
1870 — James  L.  Ferriere, 
1871 — Inman  Homer,  _, 

1872 — Charles  Hazlehurst, 
1874 — Henry  Galbraith  Ward, 
1875  —  Samuel  L.  Parrish, 
1876— N.  DuBois  Miller, 
1877— Frank  P.  Pritchard, 
1878— Robert  D.  Maxwell, 
1879 — Randall  Morgan, 
1880— Edward  P.  Allinson, 
1881 — H.  Laussat  Geyelin, 
S.  Landreth. 


PROTHONOTARIES. 


1831-32- 
1833/34- 

1834-35- 
1836-37- 
1837-38- 
1838-39- 
1839-40- 


-Horace  Binney,  Jr., 
-Thomas  Armstrong, 
-Christopher  Fallon, 


-Henry  J.   Mifflin, 
-John  J.  Miller, 
-Edward  Ingersoll, 


1840-41 — John  Fallon, 
1841-42 — Rich'dC.  McMurtrie, 
1844-45 — Benjamin  B.  Reath, 

William  M.  Tilghman,   1845-46 — Alexander  McKinley, 
1845-46 — Edward  Shippen, 
1845-46 — Henry  S.  Hagert, 
1846-47 — James  P.  Barr, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


229 


1848-49— Asa  Israel  Fish,  1867-68- 

1850-51 — Wm.  Arthur  Jackson,  1868-69— 
1851-53 — Samuel  C.  Perkins,  1869-70— 
1853-55 — Simpson  T.  VanSant,  1870-71— 
1855-56— Thos.  Stewartson,  Jr.,  1871-72- 
1856-57 — S.  Henry  Norris,  1872-73— 
1857-58 — Henry  Clay  Beatty,  1873-74- 
1858-59 — E.  Coppee  Mitchell,  1874-75- 
1859-60 — Franklin  Shippen,  1875  ~ 
1 860-61 — Wm.  Neilson  Ashman,  1875-76- 
1 86 1-62  — John  Borland  Thayer,  1876-77— 
1862-63 — Thomas  Hart,  Jr.,  1877-78- 
1863-64 — Joseph  R.  Rhoads,  1878-79- 
1864-65 — Albert  A.  Outerbridge,  1879-80- 
1865-66 — George  T.  Bispham,  1880-81— 
1866-67 — C.  Stuart  Patterson,  1881-82- 
1882-83— George  R.  Van 


-J.  Vaughan  Darling, 
-S.  S.  Hollingsworth, 
-George  Biddle, 
-J   Howard  Gendell, 
-Dallas  Sanders, 
-Angelo  T.  Freedley, 
-A.  Sydney  Biddle, 
-George  Blight, 
-G.  Harrison  Fisher, 
-Richard  C.  Dale,  Jr., 
-Charles  H.  Howell, 
-Francis  John  Alison, 
-J.  Rodman  Paul, 
-Francis  Innes  Gowen, 
-Benjamin    H.    Lowry, 
-H.  Gordon  McCouch, 
Dusen. 


SECRETARIES. 


1832 — Joseph  Reese  Fry,  1848- 

1832 — George  Griscom,  1849- 

i833^L.  T.  White,  1849- 

1833 — rEdwin  Wiltbank,  1849- 
1834 — Christopher  Fallen,         .  1850- 

1834 — Joseph  R.  Eastburn,  1851- 

1835 — William  M.  Tilghman,  1852- 

1835— William  F.  Small,  1853- 

1836 — Frederick  Wm.  Mayer,  1854- 

1836 — Warwick  B.  Freeman,  1855- 

1837 — James  W.  McKinley,  1856- 

1837 — Charles  Kirkham,  ^57- 

1838-0.  Campbell  Cooper,  1858- 

1838 — John  P.  Montgomery,  1859- 

1839  -William  A.  Stokes,  1860- 

1839 — Edward  Palmer,  1861- 

1840 — Isaac  S.  Serrill,  1861- 

1840 — J.  A.  Miner,  1862- 

1843 — Alexander  McKinley,  1862- 

1845— William  s-  Peirce,  1863- 

1845 — Henry  S.  Hagert,  1863- 

1845— C.  M-  Wickersham,  1864- 

1846— Wm.  Wheeler  Hubbell,  1864 

1846— Edward  P.  Borden,  1865- 

1846 — Abraham  H.  See,  1866- 

1846 — John  Barnard  Gest,  1867- 

1847— William  H.  Crabbe,  1867- 

30 


-Henry  S.  Lowber, 
-George  Harding, 
-Henry  Wharton, 
-Samuel  M.  Smucker, 
-Samuel  Clarke  Perkins, 
-Oliver  Wilson  Davis, 
-Septimus  Henry  Norris, 
-Thomas  G.  Allen, 
-John  Sergeant  Price, 
-Jerome  Buck, 
-Edward  H.  Weil, 
-William  C.  Hannis, 
-D.  Jarrett  White, 
-James  Starr,  Jr., 
-Thomas  Hart,  Jr., 
-William  McMichael, 
-Albert  A.  Outerbridge, 
-Edward  R.  Wood, 
-Michael  Arnold,  Jr., 
-John  R.  Read, 
-Joseph  Hanson, 
-John  Cadwalader,  Jr., 
-Adam  E.  Weigand,   • 
-J.  Granville  Leach, 
-Samuel  W.  Pennypacker, 
-Henry  J.  McCarthy, 
-William  A.  Allison, 


230 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


1868- 
1869- 
1869- 
1870- 
1870- 
1871- 
1871- 
1872- 
1873- 


1845- 
1846- 
1847- 
1848- 
1849- 
1849- 
1850- 
1851- 
1852- 

1853- 
1854- 

1855- 
1856- 

1857- 
1858- 
1859- 
1860- 
1861- 
1862- 
1863- 
1863- 


1832- 

'833- 
1834- 

1834- 
1836- 

1837- 
1838- 
1839- 
1840- 
1844- 
1845- 


-Samuel  V.  Mays,  1874- 

-Thomas  Warren  O'Neil,  1875- 

-Dallas  Sanders,  1876- 

-Edward  R.  Murphy,  1877- 

-Harry  T.  Kingston,  1878- 

-Benj.  C.  Satterthwaite,  1879- 

-H.  A.  L.  Pyle,  1880- 

-N.  Dubois  Miller,  1881- 

-Charles  B.  McMichael,  1882- 


-Henry  C.  Olmsted, 
-Hood  Gilpin, 
-T.  De  Witt  Cuyler, 
-Charles  W.  Freedley, 
-Lawrence  Lewis,  Jr., 
-Francis  A.  Lewis,  Jr., 
-John  F.  Keator, 
-John  Marshall  Gest, 
-Robert  J.  Williams. 


ASSISTANT  SECRETARIES. 


-James  P.  Barr, 
-John  Barnard  Gest, 
-Charles  S.  Lincoln, 
-Henry  S.  Lowber, 
-Henry  Wharton, 
-William  H.  Welsh, 
-Thomas  J.  Diehl, 
-William  Ernst, 
-Joseph  S.  Costello, 
-Richard  J.  Williams. 
-Thomas  B.  Gardner, 
-Edward  H.  Weil, 
-William  F.  Judson, 
-William  Brantley  Hanna, 
-Charles  W.  Beresford, 
-Robert  H.  McGrath, 
-Ludovic  C.  Cleeman, 
-Alexander  R.  Cutler, 
-Richard  Ashhurst,  Jr., 
-Warner  Jackson, 
-Henry  D.  Wireman, 

1882— J.  C. 


1864 — Alex.  Dallas  Campbell, 
1865 — Samuel  W.  Pennypacker. 
1866 — John  Sword, 
1867  — G.  Colesbury  Purves, 
1868 — Alexander  P.  Colesberry, 
1868 — R.  Duncan  Coombs, 
1868— C.  Cathcart  Taylor, 
1869 — Charles  A.  Lagen, 
1870 — Benj.  C.  Satterthwaite, 
1871 — Henry  C.  Hawkins, 
1871 — John  H.  Connellan, 
1872 — Richard  Francis  Wood, 
1873 — Hampton  L.  Carson,  Jr., 
1874 — John  J.  Wilkinson, 
1875 — James  S.  Fenton,  Jr., 
1876 — Theophilus  B.  Stork, 
1877 — Frank  Willing  Leach, 
1878— Frank  M.  Riter, 
1879 — Henry  F.  Walton, 
1880 — Amos  H.  Evans, 
1881 — E.  Augustus  Miller, 
Montgomery. 


TREASURERS. 


-John  D.  Bleight, 
-Charles  L.  Dubisson, 
-John  J.  White, 
-Henry  J.  Mifflin, 
-Yardley  Warner, 
-Samuel  Miller,  Jr., 
-Joseph  B.  Stratton, 
-John  P.  Montgomery, 
-John  Fallen, 
-John  Hill  Martin, 
-Franklin  P.  Turner, 


1846— William  W.  Hubbell, 
1847— Edward  C.  Graeff, 
1848 — Charles  S.  Lincoln, 
1849 — David  S.  Trimnel, 
1850 — Thomas  H.  Speakman, 
1851 — Edward  A.  Lentz, 
1853 — John  Eyre  Shaw, 
1854 — John  Robinson, 
1855 — Thomas  B.  Gardner, 
1857 — Isaac  Myer,  Jr., 
1858— William  N.  Ashman, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


231 


1859- 
1860- 
1861- 
1863- 
1864- 
1866- 
1867- 
1868- 
1869- 
1870- 


-Cadwalader  Biddle,  1871- 

-Charles  Chauncey,  1872- 

-Joseph  R.  Rhoads,  1874- 

-Michael  Arnold,  Jr..  1875- 

-Charles  H.  Jones,  1876- 

-Charles  J.  Ridgeway.  1877- 

-E.  Greenough  Platt,  1878- 

-William  A.  Allison,  1879- 

-John  Sword,  1880- 

-Charles  A.  Lagen,  1881- 
1882— William  Henry 

RECORDERS. 


-Rowland  Evans, 
—Edward  F.  Hoffman, 
—William  Drayton, 
— J.  Rodman  Paul,  Jr., 
—William  Wilkins  Carr, 
-William  R.  Philler, 
— Garnett  Pendleton, 
— H.  Laussat  Geyelin, 
-Edward  G.  McCollin, 
—Henry  T.  Dechert, 
Stetler. 


1859- 
1860- 
1861- 


-Thomas  Drummond, 
-Edward  G/  Musgrave, 
-William  D.  Caldcleugh, 
-St.  George  T.  Campbell, 
-Edward  H.  Hubbard, 
-H.  Manderville, 
-Thomas  D.  Smith, 
-James  H.  Castle, 
-R.  Rundle  Smith. 
-Edward  Armstrong, 
-George  Junkin,  Jr. , 
-Henry  S.  Hagert, 
-George  W.  Hillier, 
-Stephen  S.  Remak, 
-Richard  J.  Williams, 
-Joseph  G.  Rosengarten, 
-Charles  H.  T.  Collis, 
-Charles  S.  Huntington, 
-Victor  Guillou, 
-John  Borland  Thayer, 
-J.  G.  Mini  Child, 


1863 — Elijah  Thomas, 
1864 — Joseph  R.  Rhoads, 
1865 — J.  Morgan  Jennison, 
1866 — Washington  F.Pedrick. 
1867 — Samuel  B.  Huey, 
1867 — John  F.  McDevitt, 
1867 — John  Bellangee  Cox, 
1869 — George  Pierce, 
1870 — Theodore  Barrett, 
1871 — Charles  Hazlehurst, 
1872 — Edward  Stalker  Say  res, 
1873 — Robert  H.  Neilson, 
1874 — J.  Peyton  Boyle, 
1875 — Joseph  A.  Sinn, 
1876 — Randal  Morgan, 
1877 — J.  Percy  Keating, 
1878 — J.  Bayard  Henry, 
1879 — Geo-   Stanley  Philler. 
1880 — Leedom  Sharp, 
1881— Henry  W.  Hall, 
1882 — Clarence  Kennedy. 


LIBRARIANS. 

This  office  was  abolished  by  the  New  Constitution  of  April  28, 


1831 — Charles  W.  Brooke,        • 
1834 — St.  Geo.  Tucker  Campbell, 
1835 — Saunders  Lewis, 
1837 — Henry  J.  Sergeant, 
1839 — Edward  Palmer, 
1845 — Edward  Armstrong, 
1848 — George  Junkin,  Jr., 
1849 — Henry  S.  Hagert, 
1850 — George  W.  Hillier, 


1851 — Stephen  S.  Remak, 
1852 — Ignatius  Donnelly, 
1854 — Richard  J.  Williams, 
1855 — Joseph  G.  Rosengarten, 
1855 — Byron  Woodward, 
1856 — Isaac  Myer,  Jr., 
1857 — D.  Penrose  Buckley, 
1858 — Henry  Morton, 
1859 — Edmund  Coles,  Jr., 


232  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAH 

1860 — Edmund  Randall,  1869 — Inman  Homer, 

1861 — J.  Warren  Coulston,  1870 — George  Sharswood,  Jr., 

1863 — Thomas  Bradfield,  1871— A.  Sydney  Biddle, 

1864 — J.  Duress  O'Bryan,  1872 — George  Blight,  Jr., 

1867 — J.  Sergeant  Gerhard,  1873— Alfred  I-  Phillips 

1868 — Alex.  P.  Colesberry,  1874 — Horace  Castle. 

My  name -is  not  on  the  list  of  active  members  of  the  La\\ 
Academy,  as  it  should  be ;  instead  thereof,  appears  the  name  of 
James  K.  Martin,  in  1843,  tne  year  I  was  elected.  He  was  at  that 
ty'me  a  lawyer  in  full  practice,  and  never  was  a  member  of  the 
Academy  at  any  time.  I  was  the  Treasurer  in  1844  and  1845, 
and  an  active  member  for  several  years.  When  I  was  elected  I 
signed  the  honorary  roll  instead  of  the  active,  and  the  mistake  was 
not  discovered  until  the  time  came  for  me  to  sign  the  honorary 
roll ;  see  p.  41  of  the  "  Charter,  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the 
Law  Academy  of  Philadelphia,"  printed  by  S.  A.  Bavis, 
MDCCCLXVII.  On  the  cover  of  this  pamphlet  is  a  fac  simile 
of  "The  Seal  of  the  Law  Academy  of  Philadelphia,  State  of 
Pennsylvania,"  in  a  circle,  within  which  are  the  words,  "Founded 
1783.  Per  Aspera,  Ad  Astra.  Incorporated  1838."  With  a 
List  of  the  Active  and  Honorary  Members  attached,  and  an 
Index;  pp.  44.  Similar  pamphlets  were  issued  in  1848,  1858 
and  1871.  On  April  28,  1875,  a  new  Constitution  was  adopted, 
which  was  printed,  together  with  the  By-laws,  the  same  year,  in 
a  pamphlet  of  19  pages;  a  revision  of  which  is  now  in  course  of 
preparation  ;  and  since  1857,  the  Academy  has  issued  an  annual 
"  Argument  List,"  containing  the  questions  to  be  argued  during 
the  coming  session,  and  the  names  of  those  assigned  to  debate 
both  sides  of  the  legal  questions  presented.  I  give  here 

A  LIST  OF  THE  ADDRESSES, 

Delivered  before  the  Law  Academy  of  Philadelphia. 

By  Joseph  Hopkinson,  LL.D., ,  1826  On  the  Study  of  the  I.n\\ . 

"  Edward  D.  Ingraham, ,  1828          "       Practice         " 

"  John  M.  Scott,  Sept.  — ,  1830          "  "  " 

"  Peter  S.Du  Ponceau,1  LL.D., ,1831  Early  History  of  the  Academy 

1  I  have  in  my  possession  a  copy  of  "  A  Brief  View  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States,  addressed  to  the  Law  Academy  of  Philadelphia,  by  Peter  S. 
Du  Ponceau,  LL.D.,  Provost  of  the  Academy,"  1834.  *  *  *  Entered 
according  to  the  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1834,  by  J.  R.  Tyson,  John 
Cadwalader  and  Peter  McCall,  Vice  Provosts  of  the  Law  Academy."  In  the 
preface  Mr.  Du  Ponceau  says, "  For  more  than  fourteen  years  I  have  had  the 
honor  of  being  at  the  head  of  that  useful  institution."  The  balance  left  of  the 
Du  Ponceau  legacy,  after  getting  his  portrait  painted  by  Thomas  Sully,  was 
expended  by  the  members  giving  themselves  a  dinner  at  the  Wetherill  House, 
in  Sansom  street  west  of  6th  street,  north  side.  It  was  at  this  house  that  all  the 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


233 


By  John  K.  Kane,  Oct.   26,  1831 

'"'   William  Rawle,  LL.D., ,  1832 

"  Charles  Ingersoll,  ,  1833 

"  John  Pringle  Jones,  Jan'y  11,1834 

"   William  Rawle,  Jr.,  May    6.    1835 

"   Peter  McCall,  Sept.  5,  1838 

"  Job  R.  Tyson,  Oct.  22,  1839 

"  Charles  J.  Ingersoll,1  Oct.   25,  1843 

"   William  A.  Porter,  Sept.  19,  1849 

"  John  William  Wallace,  Nov.  26,  1851 

"  George  W.  Biddle,  LL.D.,  Sept.  20,  1854 

"  George  Sharswood,  LL.D.,  Sept.  19,  1855 

"  Benjamin  Harris  Brewster,  Sept.  27,  1857 

"  George  W.  Woodward,  Sept.  28,  1859 

"  P.  Pemberton  Morris,  Nov.  10,  1860 

"   F.  Carroll  Brewster,  Oct.   30,  1861 

"  John  Cadwalader,  ,  1862 

"  George  W.  Biddle,  LL.D.,  May    6,    1863 

'•   Win.  Henry  Rawle,  LL.D.,  Feb.  n,  1868 

••   M.  Russell  Thayer,  Nov.  u,  1870 


T.  Bradford  Dwight,  Dec.   5,   1872 

May  21,  1874 
May  13,  1875 
April  4,  1878 


George  Tucker  Bispham, 
E.  Coppee  Mitchell,  LL.D. 
William  A.  Porter, 

James  Tyndale  Mitchell, 
J.  I.  Clark  Hare,  LL.D., 


May  15,  1879 
Mar.  30,  1880 


Constitutional  Law  of  the  U.S. 
On  the  Study  of  the  Law. 

Eulogy  on  Antony  Laussat. 
The  Profession  of  the  Law. 
The  Judicial  History  of  Pa. 
The  Integrity  of  the    Legal 

Character. 

The  Law  of  Foreign  Missions. 
The  Profession  of  the  Law. 
The  Want  of  Uniformity  in 

Commercial  Lav?. 
Lien  of  Debts  .of  a  Decedent. 
The  Sources  of  the  Laws  of  Pa. 
The  Practice  of  the  Law. 
Law  and  Lawyers. 
Mining  Rights  in  Pa. 
Rights  and  Duties  of  Lawyers. 
On  Trial  by  Jury. 
Contribution    among    Terre- 

Tenants. 

Equity  in  Pennsylvania.2 
Law  Considered  as  a  Progres- 
sive Science. 
Modifications  of  English  Law 

in  Pennsylvania. 
Contracts  in  Rent. 
Separate  Use  in  Pa. 
The  Qualifications  of  the  Ad 

viser  and  the  Advocate. 
Motions  and  Rules 
Politics  in  England  and  the 

United  States. 


ESSAYS. 

Published  by  order  of  the  Academy.. 


By  Antony  Laussat, 
'  "  Laurence  Lewis,  Jr., 


,  1826 

(pp.  237)1880 


Equity  in  Pennsylvania. 
Original  Land  Titles  in  Phila. 


Audits  were  formerly  held,  and  any  day  from  about  3  o'clock  p.  M.  to  6,  or 
later,  its  rooms  and  corridors  were  full  of  lawyers,  their  clients  and  witnesses. 
The  landlord  depended  on  these,  and  the  charge  for. the  use  of  the  rooms, 
for  his  living  and  profits.  Shabby  carpets  covered  the'  floors,  a  large  table 
stood  in  the  centre  of  each  room,  and  a  dozen  chairs  scattered  around,  com- 
pleted the  furniture,  and  in  the  winter  a  coal  stoye  in  each  room  supplied  the 
heat. 

1  All  the  Addresses  mentioned  but  this  one  of  Mr.  Ingersoll,  and  Judge 
Cadwalader's  which  was  lost  on  the  evening  of  its  delivery,  have  been  printed 
in  pamphlet  form.  Mr.  Ingersoll's  Address  was  printed  in  the  Public  Ledger 
of  Oct.  25,  1843;  a  copy  is  in  possession  of  the  Historical  Society. 

-  With  a  copy  of  the  Registrar's  Book  of  Gov.  Keith's  Court  of  Chancery. 


234  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

An   Introduction 

TO   THE   PHILADELPHIA   BAK. 

It  will  be  observed  that  in  the  names  as  well  as  in  the  dates  of 
admissions  to  the  Bar,  the  list  I  hereafter  give,  differs  mate- 
rially, in  many  cases,  from  the  two  lists  heretofore  given  to 
the  public.  I  refer  especially  to  the  list  of  R.  F.  Williams, 
printed  in  1855.  Messrs.  Brown  &  Shapley,  in  their  book 
printed  in  1868,  have  copied  Williams'  list  as  far  as  it  went,  and 
also  his  errors.  I  think  Mr.  Williams  must  have  had  ac<  t 
the  Minute .  Books  of  the  City  and  Mayor's  Courts.  Those 
records  no  longer  exist,  I  am  told,  having  been  sold  as  waste 
paper  by  a  former  clerk  of  one  of  the  Courts.  I  had  careful  lists 
made  from  the  Minute  Books  of  the  Common  Pleas  and  District 
Court,  and  find  that  there  are  numerous  admissions  in  the  lists 
not  on  the  Minutes  of  the  Common  Pleas  or  District  Court,  and 
as  there  are  no  admissions  recorded  in  the  Quarter  Sessions, 
(although  I  cannot  understand  why  they  are  not  entered  in  the 
Minutes,)  I  can  only  conclude  that  the  gentlemen  named  were 
admitted  in  the  City  or  Mayor's  Courts.  All  such  names  have  hern 
retained  in  this  list.  The  Minute  Books  of  the  Common  Pleas, 
now  in  the  office  of  that  Court,  do  not  go  back  of  1789,  and  the 
Minutes  between  Dec.  10,  1791,  and  June  5,  1799,  cannot  be 
found.  To  the  lists  named  I  have  added  the  names  of  well  known 
former  members  of  the  Bar,  giving  the  dates  when  I  first  found 
their  names  mentioned  as  in  practice,  and  if  I  could  not  find  the 
date  of  their  admission  here,  I  give  the  date  of  their  admission  to 
the  Chester  County  Bar,  as  they  must  have  been  in  practice  here 
at  that  time.  Some  of  the  names  referred  to  will  be  found  in  the 
special  lists  of  "Some  old  Lawyers  of  the  Province  of  Pennsyl- 
vania," in  the  List  of  tlje  "  Departed  Saints  of  the  Law,"  and  in 
Sheriff's  Deed  Book  B;  and  others  have  been  found  during  my 
researches  on  the  Bench  and  Bar  of  this  City  and  of  Chester  and 
Delaware  County.  I  have  also  had  access  to  a  manuscript  list  of 
admissions  kept  by  a  layman,  which  he  made  with  great  care, 
following  the  record,  and  giving  the  dates  of  death  when  he 
could  obtain  them.  His  list  enabled  me  to  solve  many  doubts, 
and  has  been  of  the  greatest  use  to  me  in  compiling  the 
present  one,  although  I  found  in  it  numerous  clerical  errors  in 
the  spelling  the  names,  which  exist  in  the  records.  The  admis- 
sions in  Deed  Book  B,  are  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  Province, 
but  I  have  added  them  to  the  Philadelphia  Bar,  as  they  would 
not  be  admissible  in  the  list  of  admissions  to  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  Commonwealth,  which  has  been  kept  carefully  since  1778 
As  a  practice  of  two  years  in  the  lower  Courts  was  necessary  be 
fore  admission  to  the  Supreme  Court,  reference  must  be  had  to 
the  separate  list  of  admissions  entered  in  Sheriff's  Deed  Book  B, 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  235 

when  fixing  the  date  of  a  first  admission ;  for  instance,  Edward  Burd 
was  admitted  in  the  S.  C.  April,  1774,  perhaps  that  means  he  was 
admitted  during  April  Term,  1774.  His  first  admission  in  the 
County  Court  was  about  1771  or  1772,  when  he  was  about  21  or 
22  years  old.  Where  the  admission  in  the  Supreme  Court  is 
earlier  than  any  other  date,  I  give  that  as  the  date  of  admission  be- 
fore 1 789,  that  is,  where  there  are  no  existing  records  of  the  lower 
Courts  to  direct  me.  The  intention  b^ing  to  give  the  earliest  date 
of  admission  known,  thus  following  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Binney, 
who  does  not  seem  to  have  noticed  that  Mr.  Williams'  easier 
cases  of  admission,  were  in  many  instances,  made  from  the 
Supreme  Court  Minutes.  I  have  searched  every  known  source  of 
information,  for  old  lawyers  and  for  the  proper  spelling  of  names; 
amongst  others,  the  old  Directories  and  the  records  of  the 
Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  which  includes,  of  course, 
their  fine  biographical  library  and  collection  of  signatures.  The 
list  given  has  been  scanned  carefully  several  times,  not  only  by 
myself,  but  a  gentleman  of  the  Historical  Society  noted  for  his 
familiarity  with  the  names  and  history  of  the  former  inhabitants 
of  this  city  and  State,  and  any  seeming  errors  must  not  be  deemed 
such  without  careful  research  on  the  part  of  the  reader.  Horace 
Binney  in  his  sketch  of  the  "  Old  Bar  of  Philadelphia,"  has  said 
that  Mr.  Williams'  printed  list  cannot  be  relied  on,  as  evidence  of 
first  admissions  to  the  Bar,  and  I  can  justly  add,  neither  can  it  be 
relied  on  for  the  proper  spelling  of  names,  for  on  his  first  page, 
"John  Heibley"  should  be  John  Hubley, — "Daniel  Clym" 
should  be  Daniel  Clymer,  and  "Ashton  Humphreys"  ought  to 
be  Assheton  H.  Objection  has  been  made  to  my  altering  the 
spelling  of  names,  "  that  being  an  alteration  of  the  record,  which 
is  the  best  evidence  of  the  proper  spelling  of  the  name  of  the 
gentleman  who  was  admitted."  If  the  member  admitted  signed 
his  name,  as  they  do  in  the  United  States  Courts  on  admission, 
then  the  position  would  be  well  taken  ;  but  where  clerks  take 
names  from  verbal  motions  frequently,  or  from  the  certificates  of 
Secretaries  of  Boards  of  Examination,  clerical  errors  must  occur, 
and  the  proper  name  should  be  given  and  the  error  corrected  in 
a  list  that  purports  to  be  authoritative.  Sometimes  I  have  found 
the  same  name  spelled  differently  in  each  Court ;  when  I  could  not 
ascertain  the  proper  spelling  I  give  one  in  parenthesis.  Some 
lawyers  have  altered  their  names  after  admission.  I  give  the 
names  they  were  known  by  while  at  the  Bar.  Where  admissions 
were  earlier  in  one  Court  than  the  other,  I  have  taken  the  earlier 
date;  this  has  caused  a  slight  difference  in  dates  between  my  list 
after  1855  and  Brown  &  Shapley's,  who  seem  to  have  relied  upon 
the  dates  of  admission  to  the  District  Court,  and  thus  made  errors 
in  the  dates  of  some  admissions  and  missed  a  few  names  of  gentle- 
men admitted  to  the  Common  Pleas  from  the  country,  who  came 


236  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAK 

to  the  city  for  attendance  on  a  particular  case  in  that  Court ;  and 
finally,  although  my  list  may  be  generally  relied  on  as  correct,  no 
doubt  there  will  be  found  errors  in  it. 

A  List  of  Some  Old  Lawyers, 

OF  THE   PROVINCE   OP   PENNSYLVANIA. 
Not  contained  in  any  List  heretofore  published. 

Those  before  1682  are  mentioned  in  the  Upland  Record  z&  ap- 
pearing before  the  Court  as  Attorneys. 

1672 — Capt.  John  Carr,  1684 — Dr.  Nicholas  More, 

1675 — Dr.  Thomas  Spry,1  1685 — Samuel  Hersent, 

1677 — John  Matthews,  1685 — Patrick  Robinson, 

1677 — Henry  Jones,  1686 — David  Lloyd, 

1677 — Lawrence  Cock,  1686 — Samuel  Jenings, 

1677 — James  Sandilands,  1698 — John  Moore, 

1677 — John  Adams,  1700 — James  Logan, 

1677 — John  Moll,  1700 — Thomas  Story, 

1677 — Robberd  Hutchinson,  1700 — John  Guest, 

1677 — Edmund  Cantwell,  1701 — Robert  Assheton, 

1678 — John  Shackerly,  1703 — Roger  Mompesson, 

1679 — Ephraim  Herman,  1704 — John  Reignier, 

1680 — Witt  (Will :)  Warner,  1705 — George  Lowther, 

1680 — John  Champion,  1706 — Thomas  Clarke, 

1682 — Abraham  Man,  1708 — Thomas  McNamara, 

1683 — Jonn  White,  1711 — William  Assheton, 

1683 — Charles  Pickering,  1713 — Charles  Brockdcn, 

1  The  first  case  on  the  Record  of  Upland  Court  is  that  of  Tho  :  Spry,  PI;.  -<<s. 
the  Estate  of  Hend :  Johnson,  dec'd.  Spry  appears  to  have  practised  as  an 
attorney,  but  the  order  of  Council,  at  New  York,  of  May  16,  1677,  forbidding 
attorneys  to  practise,  compelled  him  to  resort  to  the  practice  of  medicine,  but 
leaves  Dr.  Spry  the  honor  of  having  been  the  oldest  known  attorney  in  what  is 
now  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  except  Capt.  John  Carr,  who  is  spoken 
of  in  Dr.  Smith's  History  of  Delaware  County,  page  97,  as  "  Counsel  for  the 
Defendant,"  in  the  case  of  Armgart  Prince  vs.  Andrew  Carr  and  wife,  on  <  >ct. 
2,  1672;  but  we  know  that  Capt.  Carr  was  not  a  professional  lawyer.  The 
order  of  Council  and  rule  of  Court  above  referred  to  was  as  follows :  "  Re- 
solved and  Ordered  that  pleading  Attorneys  be  no  Longer  allowed  to  practice 
in  ye  govermn'  but  for  ye  depending  causes."  No  reason  is  given  for  this  order, 
and  the  Court  at  first  seems  to  have  misunderstood  it,  and  on  Sept.  II,  1*177, 
made  the  following  reasonable  rule  :  "  That  no  prson  bee  admitted  to  plead  for 
any  other  prson  as  an  Attorney  In  Cort  w^hout  hee  first  have  his  admittance 
of  the  Co"  or  have  a  Warrant  of  Attorney  for  his  so  doing  from  his  Clyant ;" 
but  at  a  Court  on  Nov.  13,  1677,  the  order  of  Council  of  May  16,  1677,  was 
read  a  second  time. —  Upland  Record,  58,  82.  Previous  to  this  second  reading, 
viz.,  on  June  i6th,  John  Matthews  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Court,  and 
took  an  oath  "  not  to  exact  unallowed  fees,  not  to  take  fees  from  both  plaintiff 
and  defendant,  and  that  he  will  not  take  any  apparent  unjust  cause  in  hand, 
but  behave  as  all  Attorneys  ought  to  do." — Hazard 's  Annuls,  439. 


OP  PHILADELPHIA.  237 

• 

1717 — Andrew  Hamilton,  X754 — Thomas  Willing, 

1720 — James  Alexander,  1754 — Abraham  Poole, 

1720 — James  Parnell,  J754 — Thomas  McKean, 

1720 — James  Graeme,  1761 — James  Tilghman, 

1724 — John  Kinsey,  1762 — Nicholas  Wain, 

1731 — Samuel  Hasell,  1765 — Richard  Peters,  Jr., 

1731 — John  Lawrence,  1765 — James  Allen, 

1734 — John  Ross,  1765 — Nicholas  Van  Dyke, 

1735 — Samuel  Riddleson,  1765 — James  Van  Dyke, 

1735 — John  Remington,  T765 — Isaac  Hunt, 

1738 — William  Assheton,  1769 — Andrew  Allen, 

1742  —  Richard  Peters,  I?69 — Christian  Huck, 

1742 — James  Read,  1770 — Abel  Evans, 

1747 — Joseph  Galloway,  1772 — Richard  Tilghman, 

1748 — Edward  Shippen,  Jr.,  J773 — Phineas  Bond, 

1749 — James  Delaplaine,  1778 — Charles   Stedman,   Jr., 

1750 — William  Allen,  1785 — Edward  Allen, 

1751 — Lewis  Gordon,  1785 — William  Anderson, 

1753 — George  Read,  1785 — John  Bartram, 

1753 — John  Dickinson,  1785 — John  Barker. 

A   List  of  Attorneys, 
COPIED  FROM  SHERIFF'S  DEED  BOOK  B, 

/«  the  Office  of  the  Prothonotary  of  the  Supreme  Court.     And  corrected 

from  a  list  in  Manuscript  of  the  "  Reminiscences  of  the  Bench  and 

Bar  of  Pennsylvania"  by  Peter  A.  Browne. 

Admitted  at  various  times,  previous  to  the  Revolution,  to  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.  The  list  begins 
with  the  names  of  John  Kinsey,  (James)  Keating,  (Peter)  Evans, 
Tench  Francis,  John  Moland,  (Robert)  Hartshorne,  (Thomas) 
Cross,  John  Ross,  (John )  Webb,  (Benjamin)  Price  and  William 
Peters  ;  but  the  dates  of  admission  are  not  given. 

Joseph  Bennett,  admitted      April  term,   1742 

Edward  Ackworth,  April      "      *742 

John  Webb,  "  April      "      1742 


Benjamin  Chew, 
Thomas  Cross, 
John  Lawrence, 
Joseph  Galloway, 
John  Coxe,  of  Trenton, 
Joseph  Rose, 


Sept'r  "  1746 

Sept'r  "  1746 

Sept'r  "  1746 

Sept'r  26,  1749 

Sept'r  26,  1749 

April  26,  1750 

Sept'r  25,  1750 


Edward  Shippen, 

John  Mather,  "  April  13,  1751 

William  Parr,  "  April  15,  1751 

Samuel  Morris,  "  Sept'r  15,  1751 

James  Read,  "  Sept'r  15,  1752 

31 


238 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Thomas  Otway, 
Lewis  Gordon, 
John  Price, 
George  Read, 
James  Kinsey, 
Charles  Read, 
James  Smith,1 
Samuel  Johnston, 
John  Armond, 
David  Henderson, 
Thomas  McKean, 
William  Whitebread, 
John  Morris, 
William  Smith, 
Francis  Hopkinson, 
Nicholas  Wain, 
Edward  Biddle, 
Alexander  Wilcocks, 
James  Biddle, 
Lindsay  Coats, 
Andrew  Allen, 
Nicholas  Van  Dyke,. 
Alexander  Porter, 
Richard  Peters,  Jr., 
James  Allen, 
Jasper  Yeates, 
Daniel  Coxe, 
John  Currey, 
Joseph  Reed, 
Stephen  Porter, 
Henry  Elwes,  Jr,, 
Elisha  Price, 
James  Sayre, 
William  Hicks, 
George  Campbell, 
Isaac  Hunt, 
James  Wilson, 
Robert  Magaw, 
Elias  Boudinot, 
Miers  Fisher, 
Stephen  Watts, 
Daniel  Clymer, 
Abel  Evans, 

1  In  Sheriff's  Deed  Book  B,  this  list  is  given  to  Samuel  Johnson;  the  name 
before  his  being  James  Junk.  The  list  is  then  re-written  as  given  above,  and 
instead  of  Junk,  which  was  no  doubt  an  error,  it  is  James  Smith,  who  was 
the  signer  of  the  Declaration,  and  died  at  York. 


admitted      April 

10, 

i?53 

April 

10, 

*753 

April 

10, 

*753 

Oct'r 

10, 

1753 

Oct'r 

10, 

1753 

Oct'r 

10, 

1753 

April 

*5.> 

1754 

Oct'r 

9> 

1754 

Sept'r 

9> 

i?56 

Sept'r 

9> 

i756 

April 

i7, 

1758 

April 

10, 

1759 

Oct'r 

8, 

1760 

April 

8, 

1761 

April 

8, 

1761 

Oct'r 

8, 

1762 

April 

ii, 

1765 

April 

ii, 

1765 

April 

1  8, 

1765 

April 

18, 

1765 

April 

20, 

1765 

Sept'r 

26, 

1765 

Sept'r 

26, 

1765 

Sept'r 

26, 

1765 

Sept'r 

26, 

1765 

Oct'r 

5' 

1765 

Oct'r 

8, 

1765 

Oct'r 

9, 

1765 

Oct'r 

12, 

1765 

Oct'r 

13, 

1765 

Oct'r 

19, 

1765 

Oct'r 

23, 

1765 

Sept. 

term, 

1767 

April 

13, 

1768 

April 

13, 

1768 

April 

28, 

1768 

April 

term, 

1769 

April 

« 

1769 

Oct'r 

8, 

1770 

Sept'r 

26, 

1770 

Oct'r 

ii, 

1770 

Oct'r 

12, 

1770 

Oct'r 

J5> 

1771 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


239 


David  Sample, 
Richard  Tilghman, 
Edward  Elcock, 
John  Haley, 
Jacob  Rush, 
Jared  Ingersoll, 
John  Macpherson,  Jr., 
Phineas  Bond,. 
James  Lukens, 
Edward  Burd, 
David  Greer, 
George  Noarth, 
Casper  Weitzell, 
John  Lawrence,  Jr., 
Edward  Tilghman, 
Peter  Zachary  Lloyd, 
Assheton  Humphreys, 
Francis  Johnston, 
William  Lewis,1 


admitted 


April  10, 
April  n, 
April  25, 
Oct'r  15, 
Jan'y  20, 
April  26, 
Oct'r  8 
Oct'r 
Oct'r 
April  term, 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
Oct'r  14, 
Oct'r  14, 
Sept'r  22, 
April  term, 


1772 
1772 
1772 
1772 

1773 
1773 
1773 
1773 
1773 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 
1774 

1775 
1776 


The  List  of  the  Departed  Saints, 


With  the  date  of  their  death. 

On  a  leaf  of  the  Continuance  Docket  (of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  of  Philadelphia,)  June,  1775,  appears  the  following  entry 
without  signature — "  Departed  Saints  of  the  Law  with  whom  I 
have  been  at  the  Bar."  So  it  is  stated  in  a  list  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Bar  printed  in  1855,  edited  by  R.  F.  Williams. 

Thompson  Westcott,  in  his  "  History  of  Philadelphia,"  says  : 
"It  is  evident  that  he  (the  writer)  had  been  in  practice  fully  forty 
years. ' '  The  leaf  referred  to  has  been  abstracted  from  the  Docket, 
but  Mr.  Westcott  informed  me  that  he  had  seen  it.  The  dates 
opposite  some  names  are  Westcott's  memoranda  of  the  times  of 
death.  Some  of  the  notes  are  rrfine,  and  some  Westcott's. 

The  following  is  the  list  and  entry  referred  to  above. 


1741 — Andrew  Hamilton, 
1 745 — Peter  Evans, 
1738 — Joseph  Growden,* 

Henry  Kinsey, 
1735 — John  Emerson, 
1745 — Ralph  Asshton,3 


1751 — John  Robinson, 

Thomas  Cookson, 
Francis  Sherrard, 

1758 — John  Malter,* 

1766 — Benjamin  Price, 

1 774 — John  Price,  (his  nephew,) 


1  Immediately  after  the  above  list  follows  a  list  of  the  admissions  to  the 
Supreme  Court,  from  September,   17.78,  to  March  25,  1809. 

2  This  was  Joseph  Growden,  Jr.,  he  died  in   1738;  his  father,  Joseph  G., 
Sen'r,  died  in    1736.     See  Administration  Index,  Philadelphia,  Register  of 
Wills  Office.  3  Ralph  Assheton.  4John  Maultaby. 


240 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


John  Price,  (of  Reading,} 
1758 — Tench  Francis,  T753- 

1761 — John  Moland,  I753~ 

1770 — William  Smith, 
1741 — James  Keating, 
1751 — Thomas  Hopkinson, 

Mr.  Venables,1  1768 — 

Francis  Rowes, 

David  Henderson, 
1749 — Anthony  Palmer,2 

Henry  Keath, *New  Castle    • 

Robert  Hartshorne, 
1755 — Thomas  Otway, 

William  Hicks, 

David  Edwards, 
1744 — Edward  Acworth,4 
1755 — John  Frohock,5 
1742 — Isaac  Penington, 

Thomas  Cross, 
1772 — William  Whitehead,6 

James  Bowman. 


John  Webb, 

James  Foster,    Carlisle, 

Thomas  Smith,  Jr. ,  " 

Joseph  Worrell,7 

Samuel  Bustilt, 

John  Jones, 

John  Cox, 

Francis  Custigen, 

William  Shaw, 

David  French, 

Joseph  Dowding. 

Rives  Hill, 

Shep.  Kollock, 

John  Neill, 

James  Colder,8 

Neil  Harris, 

Charles   Goldsborough, 

Frank  Jones, 

Joshua  George, 

John  Stedman, 


Some    Chester   County    Attorneys, 

WHO   PRACTISED   IN   THE   COURTS   OF   CHESTER   COUNTY. 

From  f68j  to  7795,  as  shown  by  the  Records. 

Those  known  to  be  professional  Lawyers  are  marked  (*).      The  others  wen-,  >/,• 

doubt,  only  permitted  to  appear  in  certain  cases,  as  they  seldom 

appeared  more  than  once.     All  after  fj^2  were 

learned  in  the  Law. 

1683— John  White*  and  Abraham  Man.* 
1698 — John  Moore*  and  David  Lloyd.* 

1726 — Ralph  Assheton,*  John  Kinsey,*  Joseph  Growden,  Jr.,* 
Peter  Evans*  and  Francis  Sherrard.* 

X73° — Feb.  23.     Alexander  (Henry)  Keith,*  (of  New  Castle.} 

1  Thomas  Venables. 

2  Anthony  Palmer,  Jr.,  son  of  Governor  Anthony  Palmer.     The  Governor 
died  in   1649;   his  son  died  some  years  previous.     His  widow,  a  daughter  of 
Governor  Keith,  in  her  will,  dated  in   1749,  speaks  of  her  late  husband  as 
Barrister-at-Law,  and  names  her  father-ir-law,  Anthony  Palmer,  her  executor. 

•''Alexander  Henry  Keith,  of  New  Castle,  son  of  Governor  Keith.  He  died 
in  1742.  Letters  of  administration  to  his  estate  call  him  Henry  Keith. 
Alexander  being  afterwards  inserted  before  the  Henry. 

4  Edward  Acworth,  should  be  John,  so  says  Westcott.  John  Ackworth  died 
Dec.  14,  1744,  but  Edward  Ackworth  was  a  member  of  the  Bar  in  April  Term, 
1742.  See  list  of  admissions  at  the  end  of  the  Index  of  admissions  to  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Pa.,  copied  from  Sheriffs  Deed  Book  B,  among  Archives 
of  the  Supreme  Court.  In  Chester  County  Minutes  he  is  called  Edmund. 

5John  Frolack.     6  William  Whitebread.     '  Joseph  WorralJ,  of  Trenton,  X.  J. 

8 James  Calder,  of  Maryland;  see  ist  Penna.  Archives,  733. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  241 

1734 — John  Riley,  Geo.  Robinson,  F.  Engle,  John'Spence,  Jr., 
Thomas  Moore,  John  Morgan,  William  Rawle,*  Thomas  Hughs, 
John  M.  McClenehan,  Joseph  Taylor,  William  Pirn,  S.  Woodrow, 
James  Logan,*  Francis  Worley  and  Robert  McClelan. 

1735 — Thomas  Hopkinson,*  James  Hamilton,*  John  Ross*  and 
John  Robinson,*  (of  New  Castle). 

1736 — Job  Ruston,  Mr.  Newcomer,  B.  Davis,  Mr.  Robertson, 
William  Hay,  James  Keating*,  Andrew  Hamilton,*  Lewis  Spoonly, 
Robert  McDowel,  William  Jones,  Mr.  Kear,  Mr.  Gitting  and 
Alexander  Piercey.* 

1737 — J.  Howrey,  Mr.  Biscott  and  George  Chandler. 

1738 — James  Cassey,  William  Assheton*  and  R.  Graw. 

1739 — William  Peters*  and  Joseph  Penock. 

1740 — John  Webb.* 

1741 — M.  Redding,  Tench  Francis,*  Edmund  Acworth,* 
H.  Parry,  Neil  Harris*  and  John  Wharton. 

1742 — J.  Hanly,  J.  Burgoin,  Robert  Hartshorne,*  J.  Howell, 
Richard  Peters,*  Joseph  Ogelby,  John  Mather,*  Mr.  McGennis, 
James  Read,*  Peter  Grubb  and  J.  Owen. 

1743 — T.  Salkeld,  J.  Tatnell,  John  Moland,*  Townsend  White, 
(a  Philadelphia  merchant),  Mr.  Ply,  T.  Crail,  J.  Strange  and 
Thomas  Bryan. 

1744 — William  Reynolds,  J.  Willis,  David  Edwards,*  Mr. 
McKean  and  Thomas  Cross.* 

1745 — J.  Hall,  J.  Fulton,  J.  Hubbs  and  Benjamin  Price.* 

1746 — J.  Warner,  E.  McGowen  and  Mr.  Meredith. 

1747 — J.  Fairlamb,  J.  Cham,  John  Lawrence,*  R.  Dixon, 
H.  Martin,  Thomas  Davis  and  Mr.  Hackett. 

1748 — J.  Shafer  and  Edward  Shippen,  Jr.* 

1749 — Joseph  Galloway,*  Aubrey  Bevan,  Benjamin  Weatherby, 
W.  Vaughan,  John  Evans,*  Thomas  Hill,  John  Walker  and 
J.  Cowen. 

1750 — Elisha  Gatchell,  T.  Kerlin  and  J.  Vanluden. 

1752 — David  Finney. 

1753 — Thomas  Otway,  John  Price  and  George  Read. 

1754 — William  Morris  and  Benjamin  Chew. 

1755 — Samuel  Johnson,  Thomas  McKean,  David  Henderson 
and  William  Whitebread. 

1756 — George  Ross  and  John  Armond. 

1760 — John  Morris. 

1763 — Nicholas  Wain,  John  Mather,  Jr.,  and  James  Tilghman. 

1764 — Hugh  Hughes,  John  Currey,  Elisha  Price  and  Lindsay 
Coats. 

1765 — Andrew  Allen,  Alexander  Porter,  Nicholas  Van  Dyke, 
Alexander  Wilcocks,  Jasper  Yeates,  James  Biddle,  James  Allen, 
Richard  Peters,  Jr.,  Henry  Elwes,  Stephen  Porter  and  James  Sayre. 

1766 — Isaac  Hunt,  David  Thompson  and  James  Van  Dyke. 


242  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

1767 — William  Hicks  and  James  Wilson. 

•  1769 — Jacob  Rush,  Miers  Fisher,  Daniel  Clymer,  John  Haley 
and  Stephen  Watts. 

1770 — Abel  Evans,  Thomas  Good  and  James  Lukens. 

1771 — Joseph  Reed,  George  Noarth,  Assheton  Humphreys. 
Jacob  Bankson  and  Francis  Johnston. 

1772 — Richard  Tilghman,  John  Lawrence  and  Peter  Zachary 
Lloyd. 

1773 — Christian  Hook  (or  Huck),  William  Lawrence  Blair, 
Phineas  Bond,  John  Stedman,  John  Macpherson,  Junior,  and 
William  Lewis. 

1774 — Edward  Tilghman,  William  Bradford,  Junior,  and 
Gunning  Bedford. 

1775 — Andrew  Robeson  and  John  Vannost. 

1776 — William  Prince  Gibbs  and  Collinson  Read. 

1778 — Jonathan  Dickinson  Sergeant  and  John  Pancoast. 

1779 — Edward  Burd,  Henry  Osbourne,  George  Campbell  and 
Jared  In-jersoll. 

1780 — Moses  Levy. 

1781 — John  Coxe,  William  Moore  Smith  and  Nathaniel  Potts. 

1782 — John  Francis  Mifflin  and  John  Vining. 

1783 — John  Wilkes  Kittera,  Henry  Hale  Graham  and  William 
Rawle. 

1 784 — William  Ewing. 

1785 — Jacob  R.  Howell,  John  Ross,  Joseph  Borden  McKean, 
John  A.  Hanna  and  John  Todd. 

1786 — Robert  Hudson,  John  Young,  Benjamin  R.  Morgan,  Jr., 
Charles  Smith,  Benjamin  Chew,  Jr.,  Richard  Wharton  and 
Thomas  Meminger. 

1787 — David  Smith,  James  Wade,  William  Richardson  Atlee, 
Sampson  Levy,  James  Hopkins,  Samuel  Roberts,  Matthias  Baldwin, 
William  Montgomery,  John  Joseph  Henry,  and  James  A.  Bayard. 

1788 — Thomas  Armstrong,  Peter  S.  Du  Ponceau,  Jasper  Yeates, 
Peter  Huffnagle,  Joseph  Hubley  and  William  Graham. 

1789 — John  Hallowell,  Joseph  Thomas,  John  Craig  Wells, 
Robert  Porter,  Charles  Heatley,  Anthony  Morris,  John  Cadwalader 
and  John  Moore. 

1790 — Thomas  Barnard  Dick,  John  Thompson,  Isaac  Tel  fair, 
Abraham  Chapman  and  Marks  John  Biddle. 

1791 — Robert  Henry  Dunkin  and  Seth  Chapman. 

1792 — Miles  Merwin,  Robert  Frazer  and  John  Price. 

1793 — Thomas  W.  Tallman,  John  Hill  Brinton,  John  Shippen, 
Joseph  Hemphill,  Michael  Keppele,  Henry  Keppele  Helmuth, 
Evan  Rice  Evans  and  Alexander  William  Foster. 

1794 — Doctor  William  Martin,1  of  Chester,  Joseph  Hopkinson 
and  Jacob  Richards. 

1  This  was  the  compiler's  grandfather. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


243 


The  Philadelphia  Bar. 

Being  a  List  of  the  names  of  gentlemen  who  have  been  admitted  to  practice, 
as  Attorneys-at-law  in  the  County  Courts  of  the  City  and  County  of  Phila- 
delphia, from  1682  to  1883,  with  the  dates  of  their  admission. 

Abbreviations — A-age  at  death.  ADM. -for  admitted  to  practice.  ATTY-GEN.-Attorney 
General.  B-for  born.  B.  G.  or  BRIG.  GBN.-for  Brigadier  General.  C.  J. -Chief  Jus- 
tice. Co  -for  county.  COL.  OF  VOLS. -Colonel  of  volunteers,  1861-65.  COL. -before 
Christian  name,  colonel  of  militia.  C.  P. -for  Common  Pleas  C.  R. -Colonial  Records. 
D-for  died.  D.  C.-for  District  Court.  DiRECT'RY-for  Philadelphia  Directory.  IN. 
PRAC.-for  in  practice  J. -Judge.  J.  C.  P. -Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas.  J.  O.  C.- 
Associate  Judge  of  the  Orphans  Court.  M.  C.-for  Member  of  Congress.  M.  G.- 
Major  General.  PA. -for  Pennsylvania.  P.  V. -Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  1861-65. 
PA.  MAG -Pennsylvania  Magazine.  P.  J. -President  Judge.  Q.  M.  G.-for  Quarter- 
Master-General.  S.  C.-for  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania  U.  S.-for  United  States. 
U.  S.  C.  C.-for  United  States  Circuit  Court.  U.  S.  S.  C.-for  United  States  Supreme 
Court.  *  Name  from  Sheriff's  Deed  Book  B,  which  is  the  date  of  admission  in  the 
Supreme  Court,  which  I  have  used  where  an  earlier  date  could  not  be  found. 

Abbett,  Benjamin  Franklin, 

Edwin  L., 

Leonidas, 

Abbey,  William  Burling, 
Abbott,  Montelius, 

William  Holloway, 
Abrams  (Rev.)  Joseph, 

Joseph  Addison, 
Ackley,  John  Edward, 
Ackworth,  Edmund,1 

John, 
Adams,  Frederick  Mayhew, 

George  Bethune, 

John  Bell, 

John, 

John  Quincy, 

Josiah  Robert, 

Robert,  Jr.,  , 

Thomas  Boylston,2 

William  C., 
Adamson,  Charles, 
Addicks,  William  Henri, 
Addis,  Daniel, 
Addison,  Alexander, 

John, 

Joseph, 

Albertson,  Henry  Marmaduke, 
Alcorn,  James, 
Alden,  Robert  Percy, 
Aldrich,  William  Trumbull, 
Aledo,  Edward  Joseph, 


d.  May  18,  1877,  a.  jS 
d.  Mch  so,  i88r,  a.  69 


Chester  Co.  Records 
d.  Dec.  14,  1744 


d.Jan.  4,  1874 


Judge,  d.  1832,  a.  60 


P.J.,  d.  Nov.  24,  1807,  a.  48 


New  York  City 


Jan.  25,  1868 
Dec.  5,  1864 
Feb.  5,  1857 
Nov.  4,  1876 
June  21,  1862 
July  13,  1844 
Nov.  2,  1839 
Nov.  30,  1878 
Dec.  13,  1879 
Feb.  23,  1741 
Before  1744 
Jan.  22,  1847 
Mch  2,  1878 
Mch  13,  1855 
Nov.  i,  1879 
May  3,  1856 
Dec.  5,  1874 
Apl  27,  1872 
Dec.  7,  1793 
Sep.  28,  1872 
June  17, 1882 
Feb.  16, 1878 
June  7,  1808 
Mch  9,  1787 
Oct.  i,  1853 
Oct.  i,  1853 
Oct.  4,  1879 
June  27, 1874 
May  25,  1872 
Oct.  10,  1863 
July  12,  1879 


1  See  p.  240,  note  4.      2  Son  of  John  Adams,  President  of  the  United  States. 


244  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Alexander,  JameS,         Lord  Stirling's  father,  d.  I7$b,  a.  bs 


Robert, 

Alison,  Francis  John, 
Alleman,  Henry  C., 

John  S., 

Silas  Horace, 
Allen,  Andrew, 

Edward, 

James, 

Thomas  G., 

William, 

Walter  Davey, 
Alleson,  Samuel, 
Allibone,  Thomas,  Jr., 
Allinson,  Edward  P., 
Allston,  John, 
Allison,  Joseph, 

Robert, 

William  Andrews, 
Alsop,  Robert, 
Altgelt,  Carl  Herman, 
Ambruster,  Watson, 
Amerman,  Lemuel, 


About  1720 

June  25,  1870 

June  5,  1875 

Nov.  2,  1867 

June  14,  1879 

Oct.  24,  1874 

Atty  Gen.,  d.  Mch  7,  1823,  a.  8j         Apl    2O,    I  765* 

About        1785 

d.  Dec.  iq,  1778  Sep.    26,   1765* 

Mch  ii,   1854 

C.  /.,  d.  Sep.  I78o,adm  in  London    Before          I  7 5 O 

Dec.   30,  1871 

d.  May  27,  1840 
d.  1821,  a.  34. 


LL.  r>.     P.  J.  of  C.  /'. 
J.  Kansas,  d.  Nov.,  1875 


June  ii,  1832 
Mch  8,  1808 
Oct.  28,  1876 
Mch  8,  1830 
Nov.  20,  1843 
Dec.  — ,  1798 
Oct.  19,  1867 
July  18,  1846 
Mch  14,  1868 
Oct.  ii,  1873 
Dec.  24,  1875 


Anable,  (Rev.)  Courtland  Wilcox,  Baptist  Minister      Oct.     5,    1850 


Anders,  Jacob  H., 
Anderson,  Alexander  A., 

Edward  Alexander, 

Joseph, 

James  Baxter,  Jr., 

Thomas  Dixon,' 

William, 

Andre,  John  Kemmerer, 
Andrews,  Henry  White,  Jr., 
Appleton,  John  L., 
Archambault,  Harry, 
Archer,  Fierce,  Jr., 

William  V., 


d.  API  17,1837,  a.  so 
d.  Mch  21,  1847,  a.  bo 

Chicago 


Oct.   13,  1866 

Jan'y  6,  1877 

June  15,  1878 

About  1785 

Oct.     2,  1880 

June  21,  1811 

About  1785' 

Feb'y  2,  1878 

Jan'y  4,  1879 

Dec.   18,  1854 

April   i,  1871 

June  14,  1859 

Oct.     i,  1859 


Arey,   Henry  W.,  Author,  late  VicePres't  Girard  College        Feb.     14,    1839 


Armond,  John, 

Armstrong,  Edward, 
George, 
George  H., 
Thomas, 
Thomas  A., 
Thomas,  Jr.  , 


d.  Feb.  zs,  1874,  a.  56 


J.    d.  Jan.  28, 1842,  a,  77 

d.  Mch  ib,  1836,  a.  24 
1  Attorney-General  of  Tennessee.     See  History  of  Chester,  p.  254. 


Sep.  9,  1756* 
Sep.  22,  1838 
Mch  8,  1796 
May  16,  1857 
May  8,  1788 
Apl  27,  1816 
Dec.  31,  1  833 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


245 


East  on,   Pa  , 
J.  C.  P. 

d.  Mch.  27,  1863,  a.  jf 

d.  Sept.  3,  1853,  a-  24 


d.  Oct. 


8,  a.  b& 


d.  Jan,  3, 1880,  a.  63 
d.  Dec.  g,  1838,  a.  70,  M.  C. 
d.  May  zb,  1875,  a.  69 
d.  Dec.  3, 1881,  a.  32 


Armstrong,  William  Hepburn,1  M.  c.  Lycoming  Co., 

,       William  H., 
Arnold,  Michael, 
Arrott,  James,  Jr., 
Arundel,  George  Weed, 

James  Mahany, 

John  McLean, 

Robert  James, 

Robert  James,  Jr., 
Ash,  Caleb  L., 

George  Washington, 

Michael  Woolston, 

Morgan, 
Ashbridge,  John, 

George, 

Ashbrook,  James, 
Ashhurst,  Henry, 

Richard,  Jr., 

Richard  Lewis, 
Ashman,  William  Neilson, 
Ashmead,  George  Lehman, 

James,  Jr., 

John  Wayne, 
Ashton,  Joseph  Hubley, 

Thomas  Jefferson, 
Assheton,   William, 

William, 

Ralph, 

Robert,  d.  Junes,  '727,  Clk.  ofttie  County  Courts,  &>c. 

Atherton ,  Humphrey,  d.  May  sq,  1849,  <*•  t>5 

Atlee,  Samuel  Yorke, 

William  Richardson,         Chester  County 
Atkinson,  Isaac  S., 
Atvvood,  Anthony  Watson, 
Auge,  Clinton, 
Austin,  Romeo, 

Samuel  H., 
Ayres,  William, 

William  J., 

Babbitt,  Clement  Bulkley, 

Babcock,  Samuel  Fotterall, 

Bach,  Henry  W., 

Bache,  Francis  Markoe,  d.  Oct.  23,  ist>7 

Richard ,  Jr . ,  Editor,  d.  Mch.  14, 1848,  a.  64 

Bacon,  John  Francis, 


j.  o.  c. 

d.  June  jo,  1850,  a.  43 

d.  April  7,  z8b8,  a.  62 

Asst.  Atty-Gen.  U.  S. 

d.  Feb.  21,  1882,  a.  32 

J.,  d.  Sept.,  1723,  a  33 

Chester   County  Records 

d.  Feb.,  i745-b 


Oct.  31, 
Feb.  26, 
July   1 8, 
May  17, 
April  9, 
Oct.   19, 
May    2, 
Oct.    2, 
Dec.    i, 
Mch.   4, 
Mch.    9, 
June  21, 
Feb.    6, 
Oct.   29, 
June  17, 
Dec.  — , 
June  10, 
April  21, 
June    8, 
May  1 6, 
April    2, 
Oct.    27, 
May    5, 
Oct.    9, 
June    9, 
About  . 
Nov.   28, 
Before  . 
About  . 
June   3, 
Mch.   4, 
Dec.    15, 
Mch.  16, 
Mch.  10, 
Nov.   28, 
Mch.  24, 
Oct.    2, 
Dec.  — , 
June  1 6, 


1853 
1876 
1863 


1851 
1850 

1853 
1820 
1862 

1847 
1849 


1826 
1870 
1882 
1798 
1862 
1860 

1859 
1857 
1831 
1831 
1827 
1858 
1856 
1711 

1738 
1720 
1701 
1811 
1829 
1787 
1861 
1866 
1851 
1832 
1841 
1798 
1877 


Dec.  2,  1854 
Nov.  19,  1853 
Jan.  22,  1870 
June  22,  1861 
Mch.  6,  1805 
Mch.  3,  1879 


3  a 


1  U.  S.  Superintendent  of  the  Rail  Road  Mail  Service. 


246 


MAKTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Badger,  Edmund  R.,  d.  NOV.  28,  1871,  a.  tx>          Sept. 

Samuel,  j.c.p.,d.Mch.i4,i8bb,a.&o    Sept. 

Samuel,  Jr.,  d.May2i,i8bj,a.4i          June 

William,  d.  fet.  6,  1879,  a.  77          Jan. 

Baer,  Winfield  Scott,  April 

Bailey,  Thomas  C.,  Mch. 

Bainbridge,  William,  Jr.,  d.  June  3,  1831,  a.  24          Oct. 

Baird,  Ephraim  W.,  Dec. 

Richard  Loper,  Oct. 

Baker,  Charles  S.,  May 

George  A.,  Jr.,  June 

George  F.  C.,  Feb. 

George  W.,  Nov. 

Richard  Rowley,  Dec. 

William,  d.  Dec.  30,  1849,  *.  t>j          Nov. 

William  Deal,  d.  Sept.  17,1876,^64,  Editor     Oct. 

William  H.,  June 

William  Howard,  June 

Balch,  Edwin  Swift,  May 

Thomas,  d.  Mch.  29,  1877,  a-  56,  Author    Feb. 

Bald,  John  Dorsey,  Oct. 

Baldwin,  Colin,  Sept. 

Ezra  Stiles,  June 

Henry,         j.  s.  c.  u.  s.,  d.  April  21,  1844,  a.  6s       Mch. 

Matthew,  Nov. 

William,  April 

William  A.,  Sept. 

Baldy,  Edward  H.,  Jr.,  d.  API.  10,1876,  a.  27          Dec. 

Ball,  Joseph,  Dec. 

Ballou,  De  Forrest,  April 

Henry,  April 

Bamberger,  Albert  Jacob,  Oct. 

Bancker,  Evert  John,  d.  Sept.  14,  1840,  a.  24         Oct. 

Banes,  Joel  J.,    '  June 

Bankson,  Jacob,                   See  Chester  Co.  Bar,  d.  1795,  a.  43     Aug. 

Bannard,  Arthur  Umney,  July 

Charles  Heath,  June 

Banning,  William  Lowber,  June 

Barber,  James,  June 

Robert  Morris,  Sept. 

William,  May 

William  Edwin,  Chester  Co.,  d.  API.  13,  /«&?,«.  bo  May 

Barclay,  Charles,  Feb. 

George  G.,  Dec. 

James  Joseph,  Sept. 

John  Louis,  Mch. 

Richard  Dechames,  Feb. 

Bareford,  Charles  F.,.  July 


28,1833 

20,  1809 
6,  1846 

12,  1826 

29,  1882 

13,  1862 

5,  1829 

6,  1858 
31,  1874 

8,  1869 

3,  1811 

4,  1882 

17,  1857 
3,  1881 
28,  1831 
i,  1832 

5,  1848 

30,  1877 
21,  1881 

9,  1850 
16,  1847 

10,  1845 

7,  1823 

6,  1  798 
12,  1787 
15,  1823 

21,  1868 
30,  1871 

8,  1866 
i,  1876 
i,  1876 

8,  1881 

14,  1837 

15,  1833 

-  ,  1771 

10,  1880 

18,  1881 
6,  1842 

9,  1871 
25,  1880 
23,  1794 

1878 


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247 


d   Dec.  13,  i8Si,  a.  48 
See  Directories  of  1785 


P.  J ,  d.  Apl.  22,  f8j<),  a.  t>i 
d  Apl.  n,  i8ji 
d.  Feb.  Q,  1830 


Barger,  Louis  Francis, 

Thomas  Jefferson, 
Barker,  Jesse  J., 

John,    • 

Barlow,  Thomas  Warren, 
Barnard,  Joseph  W., 
Barnes,  Ira  P., 

James  N., 

Joseph, 

William  D., 
Barnet,  Edward, 

Francis  Vogel, 
Barnett,  Thomas  M., 
Barns,  William, 
Barr,  James  P., 

Thomas  C., 

William  J., 
Barrett,  John  O., 

Theodore, 
Barrick,  E.  S., 

William  C., 
Barringer,  Daniel  Moreau, 

Lewin  Wethered, 
Barron,  John  W., 
Barry,  Edward, 
Bartholomew,  Benjamin, 

BartleS,   A.    C.,  LycomingCo. 

Barton,  George  Washington,  P.j.,d.  Christmas,  1851 

Matthias, 

William,  /«  5.  c.,  Oct.  2, 1779 
Bartow,  Henry  Blackwell, 
Bartram,  John, 

Bateman,  William  O.,  st.  Louis,  Author 

Baugh,  Franklin,  d.  Feb.  14, 1878,  a.  32 

George  Washington ,  d.  Feb.  27, 1873,  a.  32 

Bayard,  James,  d.  Aug.  /,  ,874,  a.  73 

James  AshtOn,          u.  S.  Sen.,  d.  Aug.  13, 1815,  a.  4i 

James  Ashton,  Jr. ,       d.  May  7, 1882,  a.  34    . 
Richard  Henry,  d.  Mch.  4,  ist>8,  a.  72 

Samuel,  J-,  d.  May  12,  1840,  a   73 

Thomas  Francis,          U.  S.  Senator  for  Delaware 

Bayly,  Richard  Beveridge, 

William  Hamilton,  Gettysburg 

Beale,  John  B. ,  d.  May  14, 1836,  a.  24 

Truxtun, 
Beard,  David  A., 
Beatty,  Henry  Clay,  d.  Sept.  i,  /#&? 


Nov.  17,  1866 
June  24,  1854 
Nov.  i,  1879 
Before  .  1785 
Feb.  i,  1879 
July  3,  1875 
April  1 8,  1839 
Mch.  14,  1857 
Sept.  16,  1805 
Nov.  30,  1839 
Feb.  21,  1822 
Jan.  27,  1872 
Feb.  3,  1883 
Sept.  16,  1865 
May  8,  1847 
July  i,  1882 
Oct.  ii,  1873 
Oct.  17,  1874 
Dec.  12,  1868 
Dec.  i,  1877 
April  29,  1876 
June  17,  1882 
Dec.  ii,  1875 
July  2,  1881 
April  30,  1870 
Mch.  19,  1829 
July  3,  1880 
Feb.  23,  1839 
May  15,  1789 
Mch.  — ,  1781 
June  18,  1881 
About  .  1785 
Sept.  12,  1848 
May  31,  1848 
June  6,  1866 
Oct.  29,  1823 
Sept.  8,  1787 
June  3,  1871 
Sept.  8,  1818 
Nov.  8,  1787 
Dec.  16,  1854 
Dec.  12,  1874 
Jan.  29,  1876 
Mch.  21,  1836 
Sept.  28,  1878 
April  7,  1847 
Feb.  7,  1857 


248 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Beatty,  Joseph  T. ,                    d.  July  27, 1842, a.  27  Jan.    9,  1841 

Beck,  Henry  Paul,                        d.  1875,  a.  73  Feb.    9,  1824 

Henry  Dwight,  June    5,  1875 

Beckley,  John,          cierk  u.  s.  H.  R.,  d.  API, 8.  iBvf,  a.  50  June    5,  1 791 

Bedell,  Bradbury,  May  26,  1877 

Bedford,  Gunning,  Jr.,        J.,d.  Mch. 30,  1812,  a.  &  About    .  1774 

Bedlock,  William  Pitt,               .  rf. /$*?,«.  j/  Oct.   15,  1835 

Beeber,  Teter  Dimner,  Sept.   23,  1876 

Beers,  James  Benezet,  May    3,  1848 

Beitler,  Abraham  Merklee,  Jan.   30,  1875 

Belcher,  James  Henshaw,  Author,  &>c.,  Navy  Reg.,  1840  June    5,  1843 

Bell,  Philidore  Schreiner,  Feb.    8,  1862 

Joseph  Snowden,  June  14,  1879 

Thomas  Sloan,    j.s.c.Pa.,d.juneb,i8t>i,abi  April  14,  1821 

Belser,  Jacob  F.,  Nov.    4,  1858 

Belsterling,  John  Fontoliet,  Sept.    9,  1848 

Bennett,  Emerson,  Jr.,  June    7,  1873 

James  Dryden,  April  10,  1847 

Joseph,  Apl.  T.,i742* 

William  D.  W.,           d.  juiy 30, 7579.  a.  zq  Mch.  25,  1871 

Benson,  Gustavus  Smith,  Jan.    12,  1828 

Louis  Fitzgerald,  Nov.    3,  1877 

Bentley,  George  F.,  July    2,  1881 

Benton,  Stephen,                         d.  oa.  26,  isbb  '  Nov.   20,  1852 

Beresford,  Charles  Wilson,  Sept.  25,  1858 

Bergen,  George  Bishop,  Oct.    19,  1867 

Bernabeu,  John  Frederick,  Oct.   21,  1848 

Bertolet,  Abraham  B.,  Oct.     i,  1870 

Berwick,  James,  June  — ,  1782 

Besson,  Charles  Alrich,  Mch.  30,  1878 

Bethel,  Samuel,  May  19,  1795 

Bethell,  Robert,                        d.  juiy  4, 1875, a.  79  Jan.    4,  1820 

Beveridge,  Andrew  McBride,  May    4,  1878 

Bickel,  John  Adolphus,  June   19,  1869 

John  Weiler,                        Norristown  April  26,  1875 

Biddle,  Algernon  Sydney,  Jan.    27,  1872 

Arthur,  June    4,  1878 

Cadwalader,  June    6,  1859 

Caldwell  Keppele,        d.  Feb.  zb,  1862,  a. 34  April  17,  1852 

Chapman,           Col.  121  p.  v.,  d.  Dec.  q,  r88o,  a.  SQ  May    3,  1 848 

Charles,  Oct.  30,  1880 

Charles  John,1        M.  c.,d.Sept.  28, 1872,  a.  53  Nov.   21,  1840 

Clement,  Jr.,                d.  Mch.  16,1879,  a.  t>q  April  27,  1839 

Craig,                                J.  C.  P.,  Adm.  as  John  C.  B.  Dec.      2,  1844 

Edward,  d.  sept,  s,  mq,  <*•  4*  Apl.  1 1 ,  1 765* 

Edward,                                *  July    2,  1881 

George  Washington,               LL.D.  Jan.    10,  1839 

1  Colonel  of  the  "  Bucktails."  42  Pa.  Volunteers. 


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249 


Adm.  as  G.  W.  B  ,Jr. 

P.  J. ,  d.  Jan.  14,  7797,  a.  67 

d.  Aug.  jo,  1838 


Biddle,  George, 
James, 

James  Cornell, 
James  Dundas, 

Jonathan  Williams,      d.  API.  21, 1830,  a  35 
Marks  John,  P.J.,  Berks  Co. 

Nicholas,  d.  Feb.  27, 1844,  a.  59 

Richard,  d.  July  7,  1847,  a.  33,  Pittsburg 

Thomas  McFunn,  Carlisle 

Thomas,  Jr. ,     Lt.  Col.  15 P.  V.,  d.  May  7,  1875,  a.  48 

Walter  Livingston  Cochrane, 
William  Shepherd,       d.  May  30, 1833,  a.  S4 

Biddle-Cope,  James,  Adm-  asJ  B-  c°Pe 

Bigelow,  Thomas, 

Bingham  Albert, 

Biggs,  Frank  K., 

Bigler,  Henry  A., 

Billington,  George,  d.  Mch.  b,  1835,  a. 52 

Binney,  Charles  Chauncey, 

Horace,  d.  Aug.  12, 1873,  a.  <x>,  M.  c. 

Horace,  Jr. ,  d.  Feb.  3, 1870,  a.  6/ 

Horace,  (3^)  d.  API.  21, 1881,  a.  42 

William, 

William  Johnson, 

Binns,  John  Pemberton,  d.  Feb.  27, 1847 

Birney,  William, 
Birnie,  William, 
Bispham,  George  Tucker, 

John  Burke,  <*•  Feb.  24, 1852,0.  40 

William  Danforth, 
Black,  Maurice. 

Samuel  A., 
Blackburn,  John, 

Blackbume,  Thomas,    nowThos.  Me Keon,  Author  &  Actor 

Bladen,  Washington  Lafayette,  d.  Aug.  7,1880,  a.  ss 
Blair,  John, 

William  Lawrence,      d.  Aug.  17, 1812,  a.  6j- 
Blankman,  Edmond, 

Bleakley,  John,  d.  Philadelphia,  1802 

Bleight,  John  Dunlap, 

George  Chapman, 
Bley,  John  M., 
Blight,  Atherton, 

Charles  Penrose, 

George,  Jr.,  d.  Mch.,  1877 

William  Sergeant,  Jr., 
Bliss,  Edward  P., 


Nov.  17,  1866 
Apl.  1 8,  1765* 
Sept.  n,  1816 
Sept.  20,  1842 
Oct.  22,  1842 
Oct.  — ,  1789 
June  3.  1811 
Mch.  25,  1817 
Nov.  12,  1859 
June  5,  1848 
June  2,  1877 
Mch.  5,  1801 
Oct.  n,  1873 
Oct.  24,  1811 
Jan.  7,  1826 
Sept.  20,  1882 
Oct.  14,  1857 
April  13,  1818 
July  2,  1 88 1 
Mch.  31,  1800 
Dec.  i,  1831 
April  3,  1875 
April  22,  1848 
Oct.  8,  1870 
April  18,  1829 
Mch.  31,  1855 
Dec.  12,  1827 
June  22?  1861 
Sept.  21,  1833 
Dec.  27,  1852 
May  10,  1862 
Nov.  n,  1846 
Oct.  28,  1854 
July  9,  1859 
Sept.  5,  1853 
Direct' ry  1785 
May  — ,  1773 
June  5,  1848 
June  — ,  1783 
May  9,  1833 
June  28,  1873 
Sept.  23,  1876 
Dec.  21,  1859 
June  28,  1879 
Nov.  30,  1872 
June  19,  1880 
June  18,  1881 


250 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAH 


d.  Apl.  2b,  1874,  a.  j6 

d.  rSjs.a.SQ 
d.  Dayton,  O.,  fSjS,  a.  8j 

d.  London,  Dec.  29,  1815,  a.  67 


d.  Jan.  ft),  1880,  a.  47 

d.  Sept.  s,  /<?66,  a.  JQ 
d.  Oct.  6,  /S66,  a.  26 
d.  Jan.  11,  i8bo,  a.  60 


Blodget,  John  A., 

Blood,  Benjamin  Franklin, 

Blythe,   Calvin,  Atty-Gen.  &•  P.  J.,  d.  June  20,  184*) 

Boardman,  Samuel, 
"Bodin,  Edward  L., 
Bohlen,  John,  Jr., 
Boileau,  Thomas  Leech, 
Bolton,  Aquila, 
Bond,  George, 

Phineas, 
Bonham,  Ephraim, 

Joseph  Addison, 
Bonnin,  George  W., 
Bonsall,  Charles  T., 

Edward  Home, 

Henry  Wentz, 
Boone,  Charles  Henry, 

William  F., 

William  Marshall,  Col.  v0h.,  d.  Bait.  Jan.  23,  /<?79 
Booth,  James  Rea, 

Borden,  Edward  Parker,          d.  Oct.  23,  1871,  a.  js 
Borie,  George  Fobes, 

John  Joseph,  d.  Mck.  ib,  /<?&?,  a.  J2 

Boss,  Louis, 
Boudinot,  Elias,  d.  Oct.  24,  1821,  a.  <?/ 

EHaS  Louis,  d.  Sept.  7,  1877,  Editor 

Bourguignon,  Charles  Louis, 

Bouvier,  John,  j.,  d.  NOV.  18,  i8sr,  a.  t>3 

Bowen,  David  Hand,  Jr., 

Henry  F., 

Penrose  W., 
Bowers,  Jacob  E., 
Bowie,  Ralph,  /»  5.  c.,  Sept.,  1785,  York,  pa. 

Richard  Ashhurst, 

Thomas  Latimer,  d.  1838,  a  30 

wnkes-Barre 
d.  Oct.  3,  1774,  a.  29 


Bowman,  Ebenezer, 
James, 
John  Oliver, 
Wendell  Phillips, 

Boyd,   James,  Norristoum 

Henry  M., 
Nathaniel  B., 
Peter, 

William  StokeS,          Ex-Capt.  q/  'Marines,  Florida 

Boyer,  Benjamin  Markley,    M.  c.  &>  P.J.,  Norrutown 

Henry  Conover,  Adm.  Montgomery  Co.,  Apl.  6,  1878 

Henry  Kline, 


Sept.  22,  1868 
Nov.  5,  1864 
Nov.  4,  1845 
Feb.  24,  1879 
Oct.  30,  1858 
June  6,  1840 
Feb.  23,  1821 
Feb.  19,  1794 
June  27,  1792 
May  — ,  1773 
Dec.  — ,  1 80 1 
Sept.  17,  1853 
April  25,  1839 
May  22,  1860 
Dec.  4,  1880 
Dec.  9,  1865 
Feb.  25,  1860 
April  n,  1839 
Oct.  15,  1857 
Mch.  12,  1861 
Jan.  10,  1846 
May  7,  1864 
June  18,  1853 
April  30,  1881 
Oct.  8,  1770* 
May  18,  1867 
Oct.  2,  1880 
April  10,  1824 
Dec.  6,  1879" 
Nov.  12,  1844 
May  15,  1813 
Jan.  10,  1857 
Jan.  3,  I786 
Jan.  8,  1859 
Sept.  15,  1829 
Nov.  14,  1788 
About  .  1767 
Feb.  25,  1871 
June  29,  1872 
Nov.  ii,  1851 
Dec.  4,  1882 
June  29,  1855 
June  10,  1876 
Jan.  12,  1848 
Mrh.  9,  1850 
Jan,  3,  1881 
Nov.  i,  1873 


OP  PHILADELPHIA. 


251 


Boyle,  Jesse  Peyton, 

Samuel  A., 

William  D., 
Bracken,  William, 

Brackenridge,  Hugh  Henry,    j.  s.  c.,d.  June  25, 1816 
Bradbury,  Alison  Parrish, 
Bradfield,  Morris  Altamont, 

Thomas, 
Bradford,  Charles  Sydney, 

David,  Leader  of  the  Whiskey  Boys 

Ebenezer  Green, 

Thomas,  Jr. ,  d.  Oct.  23, 1851,  a.  71 

Vincent  Lockermans,      LL.D.  and  D.C.  L. 

William,  Jr.,  Atty-Gen.,  d.  Aug.  23, 1795,  a.  40 

Bradley,  Abraham,  Asst.  p.  M.  G.  of  the  u.  s. 

Arthur, 

Bernard  C., 

M.  William, 
Brady,  Edward, 

Edward,  Jr. 
Brand,  Walter  Edward, 
Brashears,  Samuel, 
Brasier,  Emilius  F., 
Bready,  James  Hall, 
Brearly,  James,  Jr., 
Bregy,  Francis  Amedee,  Jr., 

Louis, 

Breitinger,  Frederick  L., 

Breintnall,  (Rev.)  Thomas,  M. D.,d.  May  26, 1847,  a. 54 
Breitenback,  John  Randolph,     d.  Mch.  13,  1875,  a.  63 
Brewer,  Eben, 
Brewster,  Benjamin  Harris,  Atty-Gen.  u.  s. 

Andre, 

Enoch  Carroll,  4,1863,  a.  35 

Frederick  Carroll,  j.  and  Atty-Gen. 

Frederick  Carroll,  Jr., 

Francis  Enoch,  d.june  21, 1854,  «•  63 

Francis  Enoch, 

(Rev.)  Joseph  Stanhope,  d.  oa.  26, 1878,  a.  71 
Brick,  Alfred  D.,  d.  1867 

Edmund, 

Bridges,   Edward,  d.  Gibralter,  Nov.  II,  1804,  a.  2b 

Briggs,  Amos,  J.,  D.  c.  &  c.  p. 

Frank, 

Brigham,  Samuel  P., 

Brightly,  Frederick  Charles,     Compiler  of  the  Digests 
JFrank  Frederick, 


Adm.  as  A.  W.  B. 


b.  London,  May  18,1817 


d.  Dec.  10, 1847 

d.  Dec  26,  1842,  a.  32 
d.  Aug.  23,  1878,  a. 37 


Oct.     4, 

Nov.   30, 

NOV.     22, 

Nov.   29, 
Dec.  — , 
May  13, 
June  27, 
Sept.  14, 
Sept.  28, 
Dec.  — , 
Mch.    i, 
Oct.   1 8, 
April   6, 
About    . 
June  — , 
April   9, 
April  n, 
Sept.  30, 
Sept.   21, 
Dec.   30, 
Jan.     3, 
Nov.  25, 
June  24, 
Sept.  29, 
May   19. 
Oct.   17, 
June  15, 
Feb.    4, 
Feb.    13, 
Jan.    8, 
Feb.   25, 
Jan.     5, 
Dec.    9, 
Nov.   25, 
Sept.    7. 
June    9, 
May  19, 
Mch.  29, 
July    2, 
April   3, 
Sept.    5, 
April   i, 
Oct.   1 6, 
Oct.   28, 
June    i, 
Feb.   14, 
Feb.   ii, 


1873 
1878 

1879 
1780 
1840 
1874 
1861 
1825 
1782 
1802 
1802 
1829 
1774 

1789 
1881 
1863 
1882 
1861 
1871 
1874 
1822 
1826 
1832 
1866 
1867 
1878 
1882 
1812 
1870 
1882 
1838 
1882 
1848 
1844 
1870 
1821 

1873 
1831 
1858 
1860 
1799 
1848 
1876 
1874 

1839 
1865 


252 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Brinckle,  Joshua  Gordon, 

William  Henry, 
Brinton,  John  Hill, 
John  Hill, 
John  Ferree, 
John  Steinmetz, 
Joseph  P., 

Britton,  John  Blodget, 
Broad  hurst,  Joseph  J., 
Brockden,  Charles,     Master 
Brock,  Charles  Henry, 
John  Penn, 
John  William, 
Brodhead,  John, 
Richard, 

Brodie,  Robert  Coburn,  Jr., 
Brooke,  Charles  Wallace, 
Charles  W:, 
Francis  M., 
Brooks,  George  Ethan, 
Broom,  Jacob,  Jr., 

James  Madison, 
Broomall,  John  Martin, 

William  Booth, 
Bromley,  Byron  Gordon, 
Brotherton,  James, 
Brown,  Alexander  E., 
Charles  J., 
David  Boyer, 
David  Paul,  Author  i 
David  Paul,  Jr., 
Eugene,  A.  B., 
Francis  Shunk, 
Henry  Armitt, 
Henry  C., 
Henry  Pitcher, 
Isaac  Newton, 
Isaiah  H., 
John  A., 

John  Douglass,  Jr., 
Milton  Harrington, 
Mortimer  Harris, 
Nathaniel  Putnam, 
Robert  Eden, 
William  Linn, 
William  Maxwell, 
William  Ross, 


,            d.  Afl.  28,  1880,  a  55 

Feb.     7,    1846 

d.  May  23,  1851,  a.  2Q 

Sept.    5,    1843 

d.  May  7,  1827,  a.  55 

July   16,    1793 

Chester  Co.  Bar,  Oct.  6,  1832 

April   8,    1863 

d.  Nov.  15,  1878,0.  jr 

June  17,  1851 

d.  Aug.  18,  1825,  a.  27 

Jan.     9,    1822 

Sept.  13,  1856 

Oct.    4,     1843 

April   3,    1875 

<•  of  Rolls,  d.  Oct.  20,  7769,  a.  q5% 

About    .    1713 

April  n,  1863 

d.  July  3,  1881,  a.  58 

Dec.   20,  1845 

Feb.   23,  1878 

d.Jan.  13,  1871 

Feb.    8,    1845 

June    5,    1875 

Jr., 

Nov.    i,    1879 

d.   Oct.  22,  1849,  a-  37 

June  21,  1834 

New  York  City  Bar 

Oct.   15,   1859 

Sept.  24,  1859 

June  24,   1882 

M.  C.,  d.  Nov.,  i8t>4,  a.  57 

April  30,  1832 

d.Jan.  15,  1850,  a.  73 

Mch.  16,  1818 

M.  C.,  Delaware  Co.,  Fa. 

Mch.  Wi8,  1882 

Chester,  Pa. 

April  12,  1879 

June  30,  1877 

June  30,  1794 

Easton,Pa. 

Nov.   14,  1825 

June  26,  1820 

Dec.   23,  1859 

y>  Orator,  d.  July  n,  1872,  a.  76 

Sept.    4.    1816 

d.  Feb.  i,  i8(x),  a.  40 

Mch.    7,    1850 

Dec.   27,  1873 

June    7,    1879 

d.  Attg.  21,  1878,  a.  34 

Dec.   1  8,  1869 

June  30,   1877 

April    i,    1876 

June    2,    1856 

Sept.  30,  1871 

June    7,    1873 

i 

Oct.     i,    1881 

1  ,           d.  Nov.  2,  1878,  a.  33 

Sept.   21,  1868 

June    i,    1872 

,            d.  Feb.  21,  1854,  a  36 

Sept.    8,    1847 

Nov.    8,    1851 

April  27,  1835 

Sept.  10,  1789 

June   14,  1879 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


253 


d.  Mch.  26, 1850,  a.  8t 

Ly coming  Co. 
d.  Aug.  27, 1881 


Browne,  Aquila  Arrell, 
A.  K., 

George  Blight, 
Horace  Gustavus, 
Horace  G., 

Nathaniel  Borradaile,      d.  Mch.  13, 1873,  a.  sb 
Peter  Arrell,  d.jan.  7,  isbo,  a.  78 

Peter  Arrell, 
William  C., 
William  Hardcastle, 

Browning  Abraham,  Atty-Gen.  New  Jersey 

Bruglar,  James  K. , 
Brumni,  Charles  N. , 

Bryan,  George,  j.  s.  c.,  a.  Jan.  27,  17^1,  a.  bo 

Henry  DeLancey, 

J.    HerVCy,  d.  May  15,  1870,  a.  42 

Bryant,  George  Washington, 

Tiberius  Jefferson, 
Buchanan,  James,  Jr.,  d.  June  16,1871 

Buck,   Jerome,  New  York  City  Bar 

Buckley,  Clement  Adam,  d.  i8t>8,  a.  78 

Daniel  Penrose,       Capt.  u.  s.  v.,  d.  i8bz,  a.  27 

Franklin  Pierce, 

George  E., 
Buckwalter,  Charles, 
Budd,  George  Davis, 

Henry,  Jr., 

Isaac  Davis,  Jr., 

James  Fletcher, 

John  S., 

Thomas  Allibone, 

Thomas  Allibone,  Jr., 

Walter  J., 
Bulkley  Chauncey, 
Bull,  George, 

James  Hunter, 

William  Meade, 
Bullard,  Henry  Adams,1 

Orson  Flagg, 
Bullitt,  John  Christian, 

Thomas  W., 

William  Christian, 
Bullock,  Charles  K., 
Bunell,  Peter  C., 
Bunting,  Joseph  Turnpenny, 
Burd,  Edward,  d.  July  24,1833,1.84. 

.    '  M.  C.  &  J.  S.  C.  of  Louisiana. 
33 


d.  Aug.  3,  1868,  a.  29 
d.  Feb.  14,  1874,  a.  31 

d.  June  zq,  tSjq,  a.  30 


d.  June  I,  1872,  a.  74 

d.  May  23,  1860,  a.  b2 
Chester  County,  Pa. 

d.  April  17,  i8ji,  a.  70 
Delaware    Co. 


Mch.  13,  1816 
Nov.  2,  1865 
Sept.  10,  1845 
Sept.  21,  1830 
Mch.  14,  1857 
April  13,  1842 
Mch.  7,  1803 
Dec.  15,  1860 
Sept.  3,  1827 
May  6,  1865 
June  8,  1833 
April  8,  1865 
Dec.  22,  1875 
Before  .  1777 
Sept.  20,  1862 
Sept.  26,  1857 
April  12,  1879 
Sept.  13,  1826 
May  2,  1859^ 
May  31,  1856 
June  7,  1814 
July  3,  1858 
July  2,  1881 
Oct.  8,  1870 
Feb.  n,  1862 
May  6,  1865 
July  8,  1871 
April  12,  1851 
April  27,  1872 
June  13,  1868 
June  12,  1819 
May  26,  1860 
Jan.  9,  1852 
May  20,  1822 
Sept.  19,  1863 
July  9,  1840 
Mch.  10,  1846 
June  6,  1812 
Jan.  24,  1874 
June  4,  1849 
June  22,  1861 
Dec.  8,  1879 
April  18,  1860 
May  3,  1828 
June  26,  1880 
Apltermi774* 


2.14 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Burd,  Edward  Shippen,  d.  Sept.  n,  1848,  a.  70 

Burden,  Clarence, 

Burgess,  Joseph  W., 

Burgin,  Charles  Francis, 

Burke,  Andrew, 

Burnham,  Horace  B.,  carbondau 

Burnett,  William  Henry, 

Burns,  William, 

Burnside,  Thomas,  /.  s.  c.,  d.  Mch.  25, 1851,  a  68 

Burr,  Edward  E., 

Burritt,  Loren, 

Burroughs,  Joseph  Ho  well, 

William, 

Burt,  Horace  Brooke, 
Burton,  Arthur  Milby, 

John  A., 
Busch,  Chauncey  H., 

Henry  Ernest, 

Bush,  George  Washington,  Norristown 

Bushell,  Edward, 
Bustilt,  Samuel, 
Buzby,  Duncan  Lawrence, 

George  Long, 
Byerly,  Edmund, 
Byrne,  Henry, 

Henry  Carman, 

Martin, 

Martin  J., 

Peter, 
Byrnes,  Jacob  F., 

Thomas  Francis, 

William  J., 


Cadwalader,  John, 

John, 

John,  Jr., 

Richard  McCall, 

Thomas, 

Cadwallader,  Jacob  A., 
Caldcleugh,  William  George,     d.  NOV.  22, 1872,  a.  tx> 


Huntingdon 
J.,  d.  Jan.  26,  1879,  a-  74 


d.  Oct.  26,  1841,  a.  62 


Calder,  James, 
Caldwell,  John, 
Callender,   Robert, 
Callis,  John  W., 
Galloway,  Wilber  F., 
Calvert,  Graham, 
Camac,  William  Masters, 
Cameron,  William  B., 


of  Maryland 


Dec.  2, 
Jan.  n, 
May  20, 
Sept.  5, 
May  1 8, 
Oct.  30, 
Jan.  27, 
Jan.  12, 
Feb.  4, 
Nov.  26, 
April  2, 
June  27, 
May  1 4, 
June  30, 
Oct.  n, 
Dec.  15, 
April  9, 
Jan.  9, 
June  29, 
Mch.  8, 
Before  . 
June  28, 
Sept.  7, 
Nov.  n, 
Sept.  20, 

Oct.       2, 

April  6, 
Dec.  22, 
Jan.  5, 
Feb.  n, 
Feb.  7, 
Oct.  29, 

June  — , 
Sept.  29, 
Nov.  5, 
May  7, 
Dec.  — , 
Nov.  7, 
Oct.  15, 
Before  . 
June  — , 
Sept.  — , 
June  9, 
Nov.  26, 
May  8, 
June  24, 
Nov.  n, 


1800 
1862 

1843 
1849 

1833 
1855 
1872 
1813 
1804 
1870 
1870 
1874 

1853 
1877 
1851 
1856 
1870 
1858 
1861 
1849 

1775 
1873 
1840 

1843 
1813 
1813 
1878 
1866 
1863 

1854 
1880 
1881 

1789 
1825 
1864 
1864 
1801 
1864 
1834 
1747 
1783 
1799 
1866 
1870 
1858 
1826 
1848 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


255 


d.  Oct.  23, 1810 
•I.June  II,  iSsS,  "••  73 

P.  M.,  Gen.,  Atty-Gen.  &>  J. 

M.  C.  Schuylkill  County 
M.  C.,  d.  Jan.  ic),  fS6S,  a.  68 


d.  Mch.  20,  1874,  a.  60 


Campbell,  Alexander  Dallas, 

Benjamin  Harbeson, 

Charles, 

Edward  Simpkins, 

George,1 

George,2 

James, 

James, 

James  Hepburn, 

John  Hull, 

John  Hugh, 

John  Marie, 

John, 

Louis  Dale, 

Neal  Francis, 

Parker, 

St.  George  Tucker. 

Winfield  Scott, 
Canning,  Matthew, 
Cannon,  Moses, 
Canonge,  John  Francis, 
Cantrell,  Francis  Scoffin, 
Cardeza,  James  W.  M., 
Cardozo,  Isaac  Nunez, 
Carey,  Alfred  L., 

Joseph  Maull, 
Carlile,  John  Daniels, 
Carlisle,  James  Don, 
Carmick,  Richard, 
Carothers,  Andrew, 
Carpenter,  Jacob, 

James  Edward, 
Carr,  George  Bradford, 

Lewis, 

Samuel  Barton, 

William  Wilkins, 
Carrell,  Edwin  Louis, 
Carroll,  Patrick  Edward, 
Carson,  Hampton  Lawrence,  Jr., 

John,  l>.   Philadelphia,  1773 

James,  Franklin  Co. 

James, 

Carter,   Paul  Beck,  Delaware   Co.  Bar 

Carty,  Jerome, 
Carver,  Charles, 


Carlisle  Bar 


Major  U.  S.  V. 


d.June  rj,  1830,  a.  24 


May  18,  1867 
Oct.  n,  1827 
Feb.  14,  1857 
Sept.  13,  1845 
Apl.  13,1768* 
June  6,  1803 
June  9, 
Sept.  14, 
Oct.  26, 
Feb.  i, 
April  4, 
May  31, 
Sept.  24,  1870 
Dec.  4,  1880 
Mch.  6,  1862 
Sept.  — 
July  6, 
Jan.  5, 
April  12,  1851 
April  — ,  1805 
Dec.  20,  1814 
April  14,  1866 
Oct.  5,  1878 
June  26,  1844 
April  27,  1867 
June  22,  1867 
Oct.  29,  1881 
Oct.  3,  1849 
May  6,  1791 
Sept.  — ,  1805 
April  — ,  1792 


1788 

1833 
1867 
1823 
1868 
1873 


1793 
1835 
1878 


21, 

15 


20, 


Oct. 
Sept. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
May 
Sept.  3, 
Oct.  19, 
-April  4, 
Dec.  — , 
Oct.  25, 
April  15,  1816 
April  -6,  1853 
Nov.  17,  1866 
May  2,  1874 


1865 

1873 
16,  1839 
30,  1871 
1876 
1827 
1867 
1874 
1797 
1790 


Register  of  Wills;  ail  Irish  lawyer;  came  to  Philadelphia  in  1765. 
2Librarian  of  the  Library  Co.  of  Philad'a,  1806  to  1829.     Father  and  son. 


256 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Carver,   Jacob  Henry, 

Samuel, 

Casey,  Edward  W., 
Cass,  Patrick, 
Cassat,  Daniel, 
Cassidy,  Lewis  Cochran, 

Lewis, 
Castle,  James  Howard, 

Horace, 

Castor,  Jesse  V., 
Catlin,  Charles, 

Putnam, 
Cattell,  Henry  S., 
Caven,  Joseph  Lewis, 

Samuel  Edward, 
Chalfant,  Robert  D., 
Chamberlaine,  Joseph  E.  M., 
Chambers,  David, 

Francis  Taylor, 

James  Cruthers, 

Col.  Stephen,1 
Chambley,  George  H., 
Chandler,  Charles  H., 
Chapman,  Abraham, 

Henry, 

Seth, 

Chapron,  John  Bernard, 
Chase,  Edwin  Theodore, 
Chauncey,  Charles, 

Charles,  Jr., 

Elihu, 

Nathaniel, 

Chesnut,  John  Howell, 
Chester,  Henry, 
Cheston,  Thomas  Convin 
Cheves,  Langdon,2 
Chew,  Benjamin, 

Benjamin,  Jr., 

Benjamin  (3rd), 

Joseph  Tilghman, 

Samuel, 

Samuel,  Jr., 

Cheyney,  Francis  "Hickman, 
Child,  John  Gilbert  Mini, 
Childe,  Edward  Vernon, 
Childs,  Louis  Moore, 

1  Shot  in  a  duel  by  Dr.  Rieger. 


Atty-Gen.  of  Pa. 

.  d.  Mch.  12, 1878,  a.  too 
Denver,  Colorado 

Wilkes-Barre 
Wilkes-Barre 


d  Jan.  2b,  iS(x),  a.  23 
d.  May  ib,  1780,,  Lancaster 


Doylestown 

P  J.  &>  M.C.,  Bucks  Co. 
P.J.,  Bradford 

d.   iSbb 
Commissioner  in  Bankruptcy 

Capt.  U.  S.  V. 
d.  Aug.  jo,  iSjf),  a.  73 
Cashier  Bank  of  Pa.,  d.  Apl.  7,  1847 


d.  June  26,  1848,  a.  55 
drowned  Nov.  30,  1882 
d.  June  25,  1857,  a.  81 
C.  J.,  d.  Jan.  20, 1810,  a.  & 
d.  Apl.  jo,  1844,  a.  8b 
d.  Aug.  17,  1864,  tt.  71 

d.  Aug.  21, 1841,  a  47 


d.  Feb.  s,  1864,  a.  23 


April  17,  1875 
Nov.  12,  1845 
Oct.  27,  1831 
Sept.  i,  1845 
June  — ,  1794 
Nov.  7,  1849 
Dec.  18,  1875 
Oct.  3,  1838 
June  12,  1875 
Sept.  12,  1818 
Dec.  23,  1813 
Mch.  8,  1796 
May  24,  1879 
April  20,  1861 
Feb.  15,  1873 
July  5,  1856 
May  31,  1873 
Mch.  9,  1865 
July  7,  1877 
Feb.  n,  1865 
Mch.  6,  1779 
Dec.  6,  1873 
May  3,  1856 
Oct.  — ,  1790 
May  9,  1825 
Sept.  17,  1791 
Sept.  8,  1845 
May  2,  1849 
Dec.  7,  1861 
Jan.  7,  1799 
April  i,  1800 
April  n,  1811 
June  14,  1879 
In  prac.,  1822 
June  30,  1877 
April  i,  1823 
Sept.  t,  1746* 
June  — ,  1786 
Mch.  27,  1815 
June  9,  1828 
April  8,  1816 
Mch.  31,  1855 
May  1 6,  1868 
April  12,  1862 
Feb.  n,  1833 
June  29,  1878 


Norristown 

3  President  Bank  of  the  U.  S. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  257 

Chilton,  Harris  Jones,  Oct.   21,  1865 

Chipman,  Edgar  M.,  Feb.   n,  1860 

Chism,  Isaac,  Norristo-wn                 Sept.  30,  1882 

Chorraann,  Charles  Henry  James,                              Dec.   27,  1873 

Christian,  Frank  S.,  Dec.    6,  1875 

Chubb,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Sept.  19,  1863 

Churchman,  James,  Mch.    4,  1835 

Claggett,  William,  Sept.  — ,  1793 

Clair,  Benjamin  E.,  Sept.  17,  1864 

Clapp,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Jan.    29,  1876 

Clark,  Charles  Gordon,  Nov.   15,  1843 

George  Stephenson,  April  29,  1871 

James,  Nov.   22,  1844 

James  Edward,  Jan.    21,  1882 

John  Alexander,  May  24,  1856 

John,  Oct.  — ,  1779 

Marvin  E.,  Sept.  17,  1859 

William  H.,  Nov.    5,  1842 

Clarke,  Charles  Percy,  Oct.   14,  1859 

John  J.,  June  12,  1880 

Joseph  A.,  .                          Direct'ry  1829 

Thomas,  Atty-Gen.  of  Pa.              Before   .  1706 

Clarkson,  George,  d.  API.  3, 1804,  a.  32           Mch.    9,  1793 

Gerardus,  d.  Feb.  21,1864              April  27,  1848 

Joseph  Gibbons,  d.  Jan.  14, 1832,  a.  48          Dec.   14,  1824 

Claxton,  William  Rehn,  Sept.  21,  1872 

Clay,  Alfred  Glover,  Oct.   23,  1880 

Edward  Williams,  d.  Dec.  31,1857,1. 59         Mch.  12,  1825 

Harry  Gibbs,  April  10,  1858 

Joseph  Ashmead,  d.  Mch.  rs,  /&?/, a.  75         Sept.    3,  1827 

Richard  Wells,  June  28,  1873 

Claypoole,  George  W.,  d.  Jan.  4, 1845               Sept.  17,  1821 

Clayton,  John,  d.  Mch.  14, 1881,  a.  62          Sept.    7,  1840 

Thomas  Jefferson,  P.  J.  of  Delaware  Co.          Jan.     7,  1852 

Cleeman,  Ludovic  Colquhoun,  Dec.    7,  1863 

Clemson,  William  F.,  Oct.     3,  1833 

Clendenning,  William  H.,  Oct.     5,  1878 

Cleveland,  Tread  well,  May  28,  1864 

Clifford,  James  L.,  Nov.  26,  1870 

Cline,  Andrew  J.,  Nov.    i,  1824 

Clossey,  Miles  Franklin,  May   18,  1815 

Cloud,  Edward  Harper,  Dec.  30,  1882 

Cloyd,  John,  May  20,  1795 

Clymer,  Daniel,            Adm.  Chester  Co.,  Sept.,  nty  Oct.  12,  1770* 

John  Meredith,  d.im7q8                 July  26,  1793 

Thomas  Willing,  Aug.   18,  1826 

Coale,  Edward  G.,  April   3,  1799 


258 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Coates,  John  Reynell,  d.  Feb.  22, 1842,  a.  t>4  Jan.     3,    1799 

Kersey,  April  15,  1854 

Louis  Montgomery,  April  12,  1862 

Coats,  Lindsay,  See  Chester  Co.  Bar  Nov.  — ,  1764 

Coburne,  John,  j.,d.  Feb. ,1823  Sept.  — ,  1783 

Cochran,  Henry,  Dec.    2,    1859 

John,  State  Senator,  d.  Aug.  14,1882,  a.  41  June    IO,     1864 

Thomas,  /V«V  Guarantee  Trust  Co.  Dec.      2,      1854 

Cody,  Francis  Marion,  Oct.   30,   1875 

Coffey,  George  Alexander,        d.  Feb.  20,  i8b4,  a.  43  May  12,    1855 

Coggins,  Paschal  H.,  Feb.    8,    1873 

Cohen,  Emanuel  Nov.    2,    1878 

Joseph.  Simon,         Proth'y  s.  c.,  d.  Feb.  3, 1858  May  24,    1813 

Colahan,  John  Barry,  April  15,  1843 

John  Barry,  Jr.,  May  22,    1869 

Colbert,  Charles  Stroud,  July.    2,    1859 

Colehower,  Charles  W.,  April  27,  1861 

Coleman,  Edward,  d.juneb,i84i  April  20,  1813 

Henry  Phillips,  June   17,   1882 

Henry  Thomas,  LL.D.  April   7,    1847 

Robert,  June    6,    1846 

Coles,  Edward,  Jr.,  June    8,    1859 

Colesberry,  Alexander  Purves,  Sept.  21,  1868 

Collier,  David  L.,  d.  Mck.jo,  istx),  a.  73  Feb.   20,   1869 

Collins,  Daniel  Marcus  Marcellanus,  Feb.   13,   1864 

George  Constantine,     d.  MCA.  21, 1865,  a.  53  Feb.    3,    1847 

George  Francis  Borgia,  Oct.    6,    1862 

John,  Gov.  of  Delaware,  d.  Apt.  15, 1822  June    ,    1796 

John  MacMinn,  Mch.  13,  1848 

William  B.,  Nov.  25,  1871 

Collis,  Charles  Henry  Tuckey,  Bvt.  M.  G.  v.,i8bs  Feb.  5,  1859 

Collom,  William  Murray,  Sept.  27,  1828 

Colton,  John  Harrison,  Sept.  21,  1867 

Comegys,  Walter  Douglass,  d.  Dec.  *>,  1877,  a. ^9  Jan.  7,  1865 

Comingo,  Edward  G.,  June  18,  1881 

Comly,  Harry  R.,  April  n,  1863 

Conard,  Jesse,  Dec.  21,  1821 

Conarroe,  George  Mecum,  .  May  14,  1853 

Condie,  Thomas  G.,  d.  juiy  21,1834,0.33  Sept.  12,1818 

Condy,  Jeremiah,  June  5,  1799 

Jonathan  Williams,  d.  Sept.  /j,  1828,  a.  &  May  4,  1791 

Conkle,  William  Henry,  Mch.  12,  1861 

Conner,  James  A.,  Sept.  28,  1872 

Connellan,  John  Henry,  Sept.  5,  1870 

Connolly,  M.  Daniel,  April  22,  1871 

Conrad,  Cornelius,  Feb.  n,  1865 

Robert  Taylor,1        j.,d.  June  27, 1858,  a.  48  Dec.    6,    1830 

'Judge,  Mayor  and  Author. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


259 


Conrad,  Samuel, 

Conrow,  Franklin  G.,       d.  Aug.  13, 1871 
George  E.  B.,      d.  NOV.  7,1881,  a.  27 

George  N.,  .  Camden 

Converse,  Henry  Augustus, 

Conway,  William  W., 

Conyngham,  John  Nesbitt,   P.  J ,  d.  Feb.  24, 1871,  a.  72 

Cook,  Joel,  Jr., 

John, 

William  N., 
Cookman,  George  G., 

Cookson ,    Thomas,  Lancaster,  d.  Mch.  30, 1753,  a.  43 

Coombs,  R.  Duncan, 
Cooper,  Dr.  Colin  Campbell, 

Charles  W., 

James  Calvin, 

Philip, 

Samuel  W., 

Dr.  Thomas, 

William  Daniel, 

.William  Burr, 
Cope,  Charles  S., 

James  Biddle, 

George  W., 
Copenhaver,  William  K., 

Corbin,  Francis  PortCUS,          Of  Virginia,  d.  Paris,  1876 

Corcoran,  Daniel  P., 

Corey,  John, 

Corfield,  Edward  Dixon, 

William, 

Corlies,  Samuel  Fisher, 
Cornman,  Oliver  Perry, 

Samuel  Augustus,          d.  Mch.  6, 1873,  a.  33 

Correy,  John,  See  Currie,  in  S.  C.  List,  Sept.  30, 1778 

Corry,  James  Clark, 
Corrigan,  Thomas  M., 
Corson,  Charles  Follen, 

George  Norman, 

Samuel  Maulsby, 

Robert  Thprnton, 
Costa,  George  Schaffer, 
Costello,  Joseph  C., 
Coulston,  Joseph  Warren, 
Coult,  John  H., 
Coulter,  John  A., 
Coulthurst,  Matthew, 
Cousin,  Anatole, 


J.,  d.  May  n,  1859,  a- 
d.  1875,  a,-  59 


See  Biddle- Cope 
Colorado 


Norristoivn 


Sept.  27,  1814 
Oct.  17,  1868 
April  i,  1876 
Feb.  13,  1869 
Sept.  20,  1862 
Dec.  5,  1881 
Feb.  12,  1820 
April  ii,  1863 
Oct.  — ,  1789 
Mch.  14,  1868 
Feb.  28,  1880 
Before  .  1743 
April  10,  1869 
Aug.  ii,  1838 
May  8,  1847 
June  30,  1877 
April  i,  1882 
June  18,  1881 
Oct.  9,  i §00 
Dec.  28,  1839 
Oct.  13,  1877 
Nov.  1 8,  1825 
Oct.  n,  1873 
April  5,  1873 
June  19,  1880 
April  15,  1823 
April  9,  1881 
Jan.  28,  1822 
June  8,  1803 
July  2,  1831 
Sept.  20,  1851 
Feb.  6,  1858 
Mch.  7,  1859 
Oct.  9,  1765* 
June  26,  1880 
Nov.  12,  1870 
Mch.  14,  1868 
Oct.  20,  1880 
Feb.  i,  1863 
Feb.  8,  1879 
Oct.  8,  1881 
Dec.  27,  1852 
May  12,  1862 
Jan.  10,  1852 
June  29,  1867 
Jan.  22,  1783 
Oct.  2,  1830 


260 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Cox,  Albert  William, 

Charles  J., 

Isaac  N., 

Jesse,  Jr., 

John, 

John,  Jr., 

John  Bellangee, 

William  Sitgreaves,  Jr., 
Coxe,  Alexander  Sidney, 

Brinton, 

Charles  Sidney, 

Daniel, 

Edmund  Sidney, 

Edward  D., 

John  D.,  P.J. 

John, 

Richard  Smith.1 

Robert  Davison, 

Tench. 

Coyle,  Alexander  Cooke, 
Crabbe,  William  H., 
Craig,  John  N., 

William  W., 
Craige,  George  S., 

William  C., 

Craik,  George  Washington. 
Cramond,  Henry, 
Crans,  Peter,  Jr., 
Crawford,  Alexander  C., 

Charles, 

George  Lewis, 

James,  Jr., 

John  S., 

Creed,  William  P., 
Creeley,  John  V., 
Cregar,  Philip  Augustus, 
Crimsheir,  John  Button, 
Crist,  Alfred, 

Jacob  Haines, 
Crittenden,  Joel  Parker, 

Salmon  H., 

Samuel  W., 

Croasdale,  Robert  Ramsey, 
Croghan,  St.  George, 
Crosby,  Franklin, 
Cross,  George  Knowles, 

1  Author  of  Digest  of  Decisions  of  the  U.  S.  Courts,  1829. 


Mch.   3,    1877 

June    4,    1812 

May   26,  1820 

•  Dec.   1  6,  1865 

Continuance  Docket,  1775 

Died     .     1768 

d.  1847,  f.  03 

Mch.    8,    1780 

July    9,     1864 

Jr.  ,     now  Wm.  Cox 

June  19,  1844 

J.,  d.   Oct.  31,  1821,  a.  31 

Mch.    5,    1812 

May  30,   1855 

J.,  d.  Nov.  IQ,  i87Q,  a.  89 

June    i,    1812 

Trenton,  N.J.,  d.  1827 

Oct.   8,    1765* 

d.  May  s,  i8bi,  a.  bi 

April  16,  1821 

d.  Oct.  3,  i8i<),  a.  zb 

Dec.   20,  1814 

,  C.  P.,  d.  Oct.  17,  1824,  a.  72 

About    .    1776 

Trenton,  N.  J. 

Sept.  26,  1749* 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Dec.   ii,  1812 

Oct.    19,  1861 

d.  July  ib,  1824,  a.  bq 

Sept.  21,  1804 

June    4,    1847 

Oct.    14,  1848 

May  10,   1851 

Dec.    6,    1877 

April  3,    1844 

Sept.  13,  1876 

.       Virginia,  d.  May  28,  1808 

Mch.    8,   1796 

June    7,    1831 

April  15,  1837 

July    2,     1877 

April  14,  1789 

Feb.   24,   1855 

Sept.  —  ,  1803 

Jan.    n,   1823 

Mch.  12,  1835 

M.  C. 

April  12,  1862 

d.  July  2Q,  1881,  a.  67 

Oct.    3,  .  1842 

July   13,    1779 

of  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

June    5,    1858 

May  28,    1  88  1 

June*  26,   1880 

May    5,    1860 

April  10,  1852 

i 

June  15,  1867 

S 

May    6,    1846 

Author  of  Form-Book 

June  30,  1858 

Sept.  24,  1870 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


261 


CrOSS,   Thomas,  Crosse?  d.  before  1775 

William, 

Crothers,  William  S., 
Crowe,  James, 
Crowell,  Howard  R., 

John  Presgrove,  d.  Oct.  30, 1822,  a.  27 

Thomas  E., 

William  J., 
Croxall,  Carroll, 

Daniel  C., 
Crump,  George, 
Culbertson,  Samuel  W., 
Culver,  Daniel, 
Cummings,  Alexander, 
Cummins,  (Rev.)  Alexander  Griswold, 

Ebenezer  Hazard, 
Cunningham,  Francis  Aloysius, 

W.  Ross, 
Curren,  Louis  R. , 

Currie,    John,  Chester  Co.  Bar 

Curry,   John,  See  Carry  and  Currie 

Curtis,  Thomas  C., 

Custigen,  Francis,  d.  before  1755 

Custis,  Alfred  Franklin, 

Cutler,  Alexander  R., 

Cuyler,  Theodore, 


LL.D.,  d.  API.  5, 1876,  a.  S7 


Thomas  De  Witt, 


Dale,  Richard  Colgate,  Jr-, 

Dallas,  Alexander  James,1        d.  Jan.  ib,  1817,  a. 

George  Mifflin,2 

George  Mifflin,  Jr., 

Phillip  Nicklin, 

Stuart  George, 

Trevanion  Borda, 
Daly,  Timothy  Martin, 

Eugene  S. , 
Daniels,  Benjamin, 
Darling,  John  Vaughan, 
Darlington,  Edward, 

Isaac, 
Darrach,  Henry, 

Thomas, 

Darragh,  John  F., 
David,  Edward  W. ,  d.  July  26, 1863,  a.  53 


d.  Dec.  31,  1864,  a.  73 
d.  Mch.  14,  1866,  a.  41 
P.  J.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Wilkes-Barre 

M.  C. ,  Delaware  Bar 

P.J.,  d.  Apl.  27,  1839,  a-  S8 


Before  .  1742* 
Sept.  — ,  1778 
June  4,  1838 
Mch.  19,  1881 
Feb.  n,  1860 
Mch.  2,  1820 
April  25,  1839 
Nov.  20,  1869 
April  6,  1850 
Dec.  13,  1823 
June  8,  1861 
Sept.  — ,  1801 
Nov.  .9,  1827 
June  15,  1872 
May  20,  1854 
April  7,  1818 
Jan.  4,  1879 
April  10,  1849 
Sept.  28,  1872 
May  — ,  1764 
July  13,  1779 
June  14,  1879 
Before  .  1775 
Oct.  30,  1875 
Feb.  4,  1862 
Oct.  9,  1841 
Mch.  17,  1876 

June  5,  1875 
'  Aug.  3,  1785 
April  14,  1813 
Oct.  13,  1860 
Sept.  12,  1846 
Aug.  i,  1785 
Oct.  6,  1820 
Feb.  26,  1876 
Jan.  4,  1879 
Sept.  16,  1867 
Sept.  9,  1865 
Sept.  n,  1835 
Dec.  — ,  1801 
May  20,  1876 
Mch.  8,  1807 
June  25,  1870 
June  16,  1832 


1  Secretary  of  the  U.  S.  Treasury. 

2  Attorney-General  of  Pa.,  Vice-President  of  the  United  States,  &c. 

34 


262  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

David,  S.  Grafton,  Nov.    13,  1880 

Davids,  Hugh,  April  22,  1848 

Davidson,  William  B.  d.  Dec.  27. 1831, a 29  April  15,  1823 

Davies,  Samuel,  May  26,   1860 

Davis,  Charles,  Nov.    4,    1865 

Edmund,  May    6,    1873 

ElishaW.,  Coi.  u.  s.  Vois.  Oct.    8,    1870 

Ernest  H.,  Feb.    4,    1882 

George  Harry,  Dec.   15,  1864 

Oliver  Wilson,  Jan.    n,    1851 

Pardon,  d.  Dec.  28, 1875.  a.  so  May  31,   1825 

Rees,  Jan.   19,    1869 

Samuel,  Feb.'  28,  1821 

Samuel,  Feb.    i,    1804 

Samuel  M.,  Oct.   24,   1842 

Sussex  Delaware,  Jan.   n,    1862 

William  Price,  April  15,  1843 

Dawson,  George  B.,  Nov.   16,  1818 

James,  Oct.     7,    1846 

Day,  Frederick,  Nov.   n,  1871 

Thomas  Jefferson,  Nov.   20,  1869 

Dayton,  William  Berrien,         d.  Mch.  30,1881^.43  Oct.   20,   1866 

Dazley,  Henry  Joseph,  Nov.    3,    1877 

DeArmond,  Richard  Chambers,    d.  Feb.  7, 1865, a.  46  April  n,  1845 

DeCamp,  George  W.,  Nov.  20,  1867 

DeForrest,  Othniel,  Nov.    7,    1849 

De  La  Motta,  Jacob  E.,  Jan.     8,    1859 

Delaplaine,  James,  d.  AU&.  77, 1780,  a.  45  About    .    1749 

DeSaussure,  Henry  William,      s<wtk  Carolina  Sept.  — ,  1793 

Wilson  O.,  May  14,   1878 

De  Victor,  Joel  Henry,  Oct.   23,   1880 

Dean,  Mills,  Dec.    3,    1870 

William  F.,  Nov.    8,    1823 

Dechert,  Henry  Martyn,  Feb.   n,   1854 

Henry  Taylor,  Sept.   19,  1881 

Robert  Porter,      Bvt.  u.  Coi.  &  Maj.  zqtk  P.  v.  Nov.   17,1866 

Dedrick,  George  Washington,   d.  May 9, 1878,  a.  40  July    2,    1859 

Dehaven,  Peter,  July  18,    1797 

Deimling,. Francis  Christopher,      Col.  u.  s.  V.,MO.  Dec.   19,  1857 

Deiss,  George  Theodore,  May  13,   1865 

Delany,  Daniel,1  See  Nnv  Trade  Directory  of  1800  May  13,   1790 

William,  d.  May  a,  iSzz,  a.  JQ  Sept..  19,  1806 

William,  Jr.,  d.  1846,0. 33  Jan.     7,    1833 

Delp,  George,  Oct.    7,    1865 

Denney,  David  C.,  Feb.    3,    1872 

George  W.,  Feb.    3,    1872 

1  In  Williams'  list  it  is  Daniel  J.  Delany. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


263 


Dennis,  (Rev.)  William  L.,    d.  juiy.s,  2874, a.  63  April  n,  1853 

Deringer,  Clarence,                    Washington,  D.  c.  May   25,  1872 

Reginald  Calhoun,  Dec.   23,  1876 

Derr,  Andrew  F.,  Nov.    2,  1878 

Desmond,  Daniel  J.,  Con-Gen.for  Rome, &c.,d.  July  sb,  1849  Feb.    9,  1818 

Dever,  Patrick  Francis  Xavier,  Feb.   27,  1875 

Deveretix,  John  James,  May    5,  1838 

Devine,  John  Butler,  Feb.  24,  1872 

Dewees,  William,  Sept.  — ,  1799 

Dewitt,  D.  C.,  Mch.  n,  1875 

Dick,  Archibald  Thomas,           d.  Aug.  13, 1837  Feb.    14,  1818 

Franklin  Archibald,  Feb.    i,  1865 

Thomas  Barnard,             d.Api.zi.iSn  Oct.   25,  1790 

Dickerson,  Joseph  Richardson,    d.  API.  7,1882,  a.  bz     Mch.  16,  1844 

Louis  Howard,  July    6,  1878 

Mahlon,                 Atty-Gen.,  d.  Oct.  3,jSj3^a.  82    June  10,  1797 

William  Richardson,  May   20,  1837 

Dickeson,  Auxencico  M.  P.  V.  H.,  June  15,  1867 

Dickey,  John  M.  Cresson,  Feb.    8,  1865 

Dickinson,  John,                    d.  Feb.  14,1808,^73  About    .  1753 

Philemon ,               u.  s.  D.J.  ,  d.  Dec.  10,  iSbz,  a.  74    June    3 ,  1 8 1 1 

William  Henry,                 Chester,  Pa.  June  27,  1879 

Dickson,  Frederick  Stoever,                                  .      Nov.   22,  1873 

Samuel,  Oct.    2,  1858 

Levi  Taylor,  May  25,  1872 

Diehl,  Edward  Clarke,             Commissioner  c.  P.  April  14,  1860 

Nicholas,  May    7,  1791 

Thomas,                        Adm.  as  T.  j.  D  .jr.  Nov.    4,  1882 

Thomas  Jacoby,  Nov.    i,  1851 

Dillaye,  Stephen  D.,  April   3,  1875 

Diller,  Adam  H.,              d.  Dec.  21, 1848,  Springfield, in.    June  17,  1848 

Dillingham,  Charles  Chauncey,  May  21,  1853 

William  H.,                 d.  Dec.  11,1834,  a.  bs  Nov.   16,  1811 

Dilworth,  William  T.,  Oct.   20,  1855 

Dimond,  Francis,                       d.  July  13,1831  Dec.   16,  1845 

Dittmann,  Peter  Frederick,  d.  API.  12,  i8?b,  a.  44  April   9,  1864 

Matthew,  Jan.   31,  1880 

Divine,  William  S.,  Sept.  25,  1880 

Dixon,  Alexander  James  Dallas,  June  28,  1873 

Edwin  Saunders,  June  25,  1870 

Henry,  May  23,  1794 

Samuel  Gibson,  June  30,  1877 

Dobbins,  James,  Sept.  — ,  1801 

Dobson,  Zachariah  Poulson,      d.  May 30, 1873  Mch.  14,  1857 

Dodson,  Robert  B.,                d.  June  14,1870,  a.  b3  Mch.  26,  1831 

Dolman,  James  P.,  Dec.  10,  1881 

John,  June  30,  1860 


264  MAKTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Dolman,  John,  Jr.,  «  April  9,    1881 

Domsler,  George  D.,  Oct.    5,    1878 

Donagan,  Richard,   Capt.u.s.  v.,d.  MCA. 30,1874,0.63  April  18,  1846 

Donath,  James  Anthony,         d.  Mch.  27,  im,  a.  t>s  Nov.  21,  1825 

Donnelly,  Ignatius,  M.  c.,Lt.  GW.  Minn..  1863  Feb.   12,  1853 

Doran,  Joseph  Ingersoll,  April  29,  1865 

Joseph  Michael,        j.,d.juneb,i8sq,a.^q  April   3,    1824 

Dorman,  Harry  C.,  Jan.    29,    1870 

Dorr,  Benjamin  Dalton,  June    4,    1870 

Dorrance,  George  Morris,  June  23,   1860 

DosPaSSOS,  John  R.,  New  York  Bar,  Author  Sept.     4,     1865 

Doster,  William  Emile,     Bethlehem,  Pa.,  M.  G.  YOU.  Nov.    3,    1879 

Doty,  Lucian  Wilson,  Greensburg,  Pa.  April   3,    1875 

Dougherty,  Daniel,  May    2,    1849 

Daniel  Webster,  Sept.  28,  1878 

George  L.,  May    5,    1849 

Joseph,  d.  June  8, 1854,  «•  3*  Mch.   21,    1846 

Joseph  Nesbit,  June  14,  1879 

Martin  J.,  Mch.  21,  1846 

Michael  J.,  d.  Aug.  24, 1873, <*  40  Oct.     i,    1853 

William  Forney,  June  30,   1877 

Theophilus  Felix,  Sept.  24,  1801 

Douglass,  Alonzo  Potter,  April  23,  1873 

George  Lyon,  April-  10.  1875 

(Rev.)  Jacob  Morgan,   d.  May  11,1876,0.83  May    2,    1815 

Dowding,  Joseph,  d.  before  1755  Before   .    1775 

Downing,  Charles  Hughes,  Jr.,  April   9,    1864 

Doyle,  James  Archer  Barclay,    d.  Feb.  14, istq, a. 35  June  28,  1856 

Drake,  Roger  Dillon,  Dec.  30,  1826 

Drayton,  William  Heyward,  Oct.   22,   1842 

William,  Dec.    2,    1874 

Drinker,  Henry  S.,  April    7,    1877 

John,  Jr.,  June    3,    1805 

Thomas  Barton,  Oct.   15,   1840 

Driver,  Alfred,  Dec.    3,    1870 

Dropsie,  Moses  Aaron,  Author  Jan.    n,    1851 

Drum,  Bryon,  d.  NOV.  b,  1815, a.  2s  July    i,     1808 

Drummond,  Thomas,  Mch.    2,    1833 

Drury,  Edward  W.,  July   21,    1792 

Duane,  William  John,  Sec'y  Treasury, d.  Sep. 27, rSbs.a.ss  June    4,    1815 

William,  Author,  d.  NOV.  4, 1882,0.75  Jan.   18,    1830 

Dubs,  Joseph  Ross,  Boston  June    8,    1872 

Thomas  Cadwalader,        NewYork  aty  Jan.     6,    1866 

DuBois,  Harrison  Dixon,  June   24,  1876 

Henry  M.,  Nov.    18,  1876 

Samuel  M.,  d.  Dec.  12,  iSsg, <*.  ^  Mch.  15,  1856 

Dubuisson,  Charles  L.,1  Oct.     5,    1833 

1  This  name  is  incorrectly  spelled  on  page  230. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


265 


Duer,  John,  West  Chester,  Pa.,d.  1827, a.  4^  Jan.    19,  1803 

Duff,  John  Agnew,  Jan.    13,  1866 

Thomas,  Sept.  29,  1790 

Duffield,  George,  y...  u.  s.  c.,  Ter.  of  Orleans  1805  July   21,  1792 

John  DaVis,  Oct.   12,  1867 

(Col.) Thos.  Wilmerton,  Jr.,  rf..i/<jy^/5o^,a.j2    June    3,  1836 

Duffy,  Patrick,  Feb.    3,  1872 

Dulany,  Daniel,      Deiany?d.Mch.iq,i7qrj,a.7b,Md.  May  13,  1790 

Dulles,  Andrew  Cheves,  Dec.    6,  1859 

Perit,  June  19,  1880 

William,  Jr.,  June  19,  1880 

Duncan,  Abner  L.,  Feb.   26,  1798 

John  Collins,  April   9,  1876 

Joseph  M.,  Oct.     i,  1825 

Robert,  April  24,  1792 

Samuel,  Dec.  — ,  1798 

Thomas,  j.  s.  c.,d.  NOV.  16,1827,  Carlisle  Sept.  — ,  1782 

William  F.,  Oct.    7,  1824 

Dlindas,  James,  Adm.asJ.H.D.,d.July4,i8bs,a.8o  Oct.      4,  1809 

Dungan,  James,  Feb.   23,  1856 

Dunkin,  Robert  Henry,  d.  1809  Jan.    31,  1791 

Dunlap,  Thomas,  -d.  July  //,  is^, «.  72  Sept.    4,  1816 

Dunlop,  Andrew,  ckambersburg  June  — ,  1786 

James,  Chambersburg,  Pa.  April   26,  1856 

Dunn,  William  Henry,  June  u,  1845 

DuPonceau,  Peter  Stephen,  LL.D.,d.  Apt.  1,1844,  «•  84  June  24,  1785 

Durar,  Harold  Cantelo,  Jan.  17,  1876 

William  Montague,  May  31,  1873 

Dutton,  Henry  B.,  May  .  8,  1858 

Duval,  Gabriel  Bertrand,  July  13,  1844 

William  B.,  Oct.  23,  1829 

Dwight,  Thomas  Bradford, /.<?.  c.,d.AuS.3i,iS78,a.4t  Dec.  10,  1861 

(Rev.)  William  T.,  Nov.  7,  1821 

Dyer,  Isaac,  Dec.  8,  1860 

Thomas,  Jr.,  Dec.  — ,  1803 

Eareckson,  Charles  C.,  Jr.,  Dec.    5,  1881 

Earl,  Mark  Antony,  Nov.   14.  1840 

Earle,  George  Hussey,  Jan.   27,  1845 

George  Howard,         Adm.asG.H.E.,jr.  June  29,  1878 

Thomas,  d.  July  14, 1849,0. 54  April  2,  1825 

Early.  Peter,  GOV.  Georgia  April  21,  1795 

Earnest,  Joseph,  Jan.   27,  1838 

Easby,  John  H.,  Sept.  18,  1866 

Eastburn,  Charles,  June  10,  1839 

Hugh  B.,  Mch.  19,  1870 

Joseph  R.,  Jan.   25,  1836 


266 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


d.  Nov.  21, 1830,  a.  62 

d.  Aug.  q,  i8tx>,  a.  23 

Capt.  loth  U.  S.  Infantry 

j.  c.  r. 


Eastlack,  Francis  F.,  Jr., 

Eaton,  James  V. ,  d.  NOV.  13, 1843,  <*  & 

Eby,  John  Daniel, 

Eckard,  Frederick  S., 

James  Read,  Montgomery  Co. 

Eckstein,  John,  Jr., 
Edmunds,  Henry  Reeves, 

Edwards,   David,  Chester  Co.  Records,  d.  before  1 

John,  Jr.,  d.  Chester, June 25,1843 

John  Hughes,  d.  Feb.  12, 1877, «.  37 

Richard  Stanislaus, 

Robert  L., 

Samuel, 

Thomas  Aquinas, 

William  Aloysius, 

William  Bain, 
Egbert,  Harry  C., 

H.  Preston, 
Eichelberger,  W.  Hay, 
Elcock,  Thomas  Robert, 

Edward, 
Elder,  John, 

Dr.   William,  Author  and  Editor ,  Somerset 

Eldridge,  Griffith  Morgan, 
Elliott,  Frank  S., 

William  Townsend, 
Elwell,  Isaac, 

Elwyn,  Charles  H.  Langdon, 
Elsasser,  Paul  Marks, 
Elwes,  Henry,  Jr., 
Emlen,  George, 

George,    Jr., 

George,  Jr., 
Emerson,  John, 
Emory,  M.  J.  Allan, 
England,  James  Barclay, 
Englehoffer,  Charles, 
English,  Charles  Davis, 

Dr.   Thomas    Dunn,  Poet  and  Author 

Ensign,  Henry  Legrand, 
Epple,  Andrew,  Jr., 
Erdman,  Augustus  Jacob, 

Preston  K., 
Erety,  George, 

Erichson,  Christian  Frederick, 
Ernst,  William, 
Eshbach,  Horace  W., 


d.  Aug.  27, 1850,  a.  66 

d.  June  7,  1853,  a.  39 

d.  1735 


d.  Apl.  12,  1875,  a.  44 


d.  Jan.  25,  1825 


d.  Aug.  70,7567,  a.  b2 


June  3,  1882 

Oct.  3,  1842 

July  21,  1875 

Dec.  8,  1830 

NOV.  22,  1826 

Mch.  10,  1848 
Jan.  19,  1861 
In  prac.  1744 
June  3,  1811 
Nov.  23,  1861 
May  31,  1873 
Oct.  22,  1870 
April  26,  1806 
June  26,  1880 
Feb.  6,  1858 
July  3,  1880 
Feb.  n,  1860 
Mch.  10,  1866 
Feb.  17,  1872 
Sept.  8,  1859 
Apl.  25,  1772* 
Sept.  28,  1791 
Oct.  21,  1845 
Feb.  26,  1853 
June  17,  1882 
Nov.  9,  1878 
June  3,  1882 
Nov.  3,  1829 
Feb.  25,  1871 
Oct.  19,  1765* 
May  26,  1866 
June  15,  1808 
Oct.  12,  1835 
Before  .  1735 
Oct.  7,  1876 
Sep.  7,  1846 
Dec.  5,  1864 
April  2,  1 88 1 
Oct.  7,  1843 
July  6,  1878 
Mch.  7,  1803 
Mch.  5,  1870 
Nov,  5,  1870 
Nov.  6,  1852 
Oct.  5,  1850 
Mch.  6,  1850 
July  i,  1882 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


267 


d.  May  26,  1841),  a.  54. 
Late  a  Lieut.  U.  S.  Navy 

Chester  Co.  Bar 


Reading,  d.  Sept.  6,  1847,  a.  80 
Chester  County 


Esler,  Frederick  Brown, 

Esling,  Charles  Henry  Augustine, 

Espy,  Augustus  A., 

Josiah, 
Etting,  Frank  Marx, 

Gratz, 

Theodore  Minis, 
Eva,  William  Elijah, 
Evans,  Abel, 

Amos  Henry, 

Benjamin, 

Benjamin  R., 

Charles, 

Evan  Rice, 

Elwood, 

Estwick, 

James.  George, 

John,  J.  S.  C.,  d.  Dec.  it,  1783,  a.  54 

Manlius  Glendower,      d.  June  2, 1879,  «•  58 
Mason, 

Peter,  d.  May  25,  1745 

Rowland, 

Rowland  Edanus, 

Samuel  Rhoads, 
Ewing,  John, 

John,  Jr., 

Samuel, 

William, 
Eyre,  Charles, 

Lincoln  Lear, 

Wilson, 

Fackenthall,  Alfred,  Bucks  Co.,  Api.zb,i8t>q 

Fahy,  Thomas  A., 

Fairlamb,  Jonas  Preston,         d.  Jan.  27, 1854,  a  41 
Fallen,  Christopher,  d.  July 6, 1863,  a. ss 

Christopher  Charles, 

Frank  C., 

John, 

Faries,  Edgar  Dudley, 
Farley,  Joseph  Ignatius, 
Farquhar,  George  W.,  d.  Feb.  23,1841) 

Farrell,  Theodore  Phillips, 
Fassitt,  Edward  Campbell,    </.  May  24, 1852,  a.  40 

John  Horace, 
Faunce,  Benjamin  N., 

John  Egner,  Speaker  of  the  House,  Pa.,  18 


d.  Apl.  14,  1866,  a.  55 

d.  Apl.  28,  28ft),  a  39 

d.  1 830, a.  76 

d.  Feb.  3, 1825,  a.  41) 

d.  1810,  a  47 


Feb.  26,  1876 
June  19,  1869 
Nov.  n,  1837 
Sept.  — ,  1803 
Oct.  10,  1857 
May  30,  1816 
June  14,  1879 
Mch.  5,  1881 
May  — ,  1770 
June  i 8,  i 88 i 
April  i,  1818 
Mch.  29,  1829 
June  n,  1791 
Mch.  21,  1793 
April  3,  1850 
May  8,  1847 
June  21,  1856 
In  prac.  1749 
April  15,  1843 
Nov.  26,  1870 
About  .  1714 
April  10,  1869 
July  2,  1832 
Oct.  4,  1856 
Oct.  18,  1796 
Feb.  12,  1814 
Dec.  4,  1800 
Mch.  — ,  1783 
May  19,  1866 
June  14,  1879 
June  n,  1849 

June  i 8,  1881 
June  1 6,  1880 
April  15,  1843 
Oct.  2,  1834 
Oct.  27,  1877 
June  5,  1875 
Mch.  6,  1841 
Oct.  2,  1880 
Jan.  31,  1880 
June  3,  1819 
Mch.  n,  1882 
Sept.  16,  1834 
Dec.  28,  1878 
May  8,  1875 
Nov.  n,  1865 


268 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Ca.pt.  U.  S.  Army,  J  D.  C. 
Armstrong  Co. 

J.  C.  P. 

d.  Feb  3, 1804 

d.  May  5,  1879,  a.  59 


Fayette,  Pearson, 

Fell,  David  Nevvlin,  Caf-t.  u.  5.  voh.,j.  c.  p. 

William  Williams,       d.  Jan.  4,1874^.38 
Felton,  Francis  S., 
Fender,  William  Preston, 
Fenner,  George, 
Fennimore,  Nathaniel  W., 
Fenton,  Hector  Tyndale, 

James  Sterling,  Jr., 

Joseph  F., 

Ferguson,  Joseph  Cooper, 
Ferriere,  James  L., 
Ferris,  Alfred  Charles, 
Fessler,  Philip  G., 
Fife,  Clayton  B., 
Findlay,  John  King, 
Finlay,  John  B., 
Finletter,  Robert  W., 

Thomas  Knight, 
Finny,  Washington  Lee, 
Fish,  Asa  Israel, 
Fisher,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Bvt.  B.  G.,  u.  s. 

George,  Harrisburg 

George  Harrison, 

Henry  L., 

James  Logan, 

Joseph  Colefnan, 

Joshua  Francis, 

Miers, 

Samuel  Fox, 

Samuel  Griffitts, 

Samuel  Wilson, 

Sidney  George,     Author,  d.  July  23, 1871,  a.  t>3 

Sidney  G., 

William,  d.  June  3,  1847 

William  Righter. 

Fitler,  Isaiah  P.,  d.  May 23,1868, a. 43 

Fitton,  Walter  H., 
Flaherty,  James  Augustine, 
Flanagan,  John  C., 

Joseph  D., 

Flanigen,  Edwin  Gaw, 
Flanders,  Alfred, 

Hen  ry,  Author  Lives  of  Chief  Justices,  &c. 

Fletcher,  Joseph  Kennard, 
Leonard  Randolph, 
Fling,  Henry,  d.  NOV.  12, 1874 


d.  Sept,  14, 1880,  a.  77 

d.  Jan.  21,  1873,  a.  66 

d.  in  Russia,  Mch.  12,  i8l<) 

d.  Dec.  28, 1849,  a.  40 


April  17,  1841 
Mch.  17,  1866 
April  n,  1863 
Oct.  8,  1859 
Dec.  5,  1881 
Jan.  23,  1858 
Sept.  8,  1849 
July  2,  1870 
Jan.  29,  1876 
Feb.  5,  1876 
Oct.  26,  1861 
Dec.  1 8,  1869 
June  27,  1863 
Oct.  28,  1876 
Sept.  17,  1866 
Dec.  6,  1851 
Jan.  26,  1863 
April  29,  1875 
Oct.  16,  1845 
Dec.  6,  1794 
Mch.  4,  1846 
Dec.  15,  1866 
June  9,  1788 
Mch.  29,  1873 
May  26,  1866 
July  i,  1876 
Oct.  26,  1830 
Oct.  20,  1829 
Sept.  26, 1770* 
Oct.  14,  1841 
Nov.  12,  1831 
June  30,  1877 
Feb.  19,  1831 
Feb.  3,  1883 
Oct.  8,  1835 
Sept.  23,  1876 
Dec.  9,  1854 
Sept.  20,  1880 
Dec.  5,  1874 
July  1 8,  1828 
April  9,  1864 
Nov.  u,  1882 
May  18,  1861 
May  28,  1853 
May  9,  1863 
Feb.  13,  1850 
Sept.  4,  1848 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


269 


Flint,  John, 

Flood,  Samuel  Fayerweather, 

Floyd,  Jesse  L., 

Folwell,  Jonathan  Knight, 

Folz,  Leon  H., 

Fontanges,  'Frederick  B. 

Ford,  George, 

James  Renee, 

Joseph  Thomas, 
Foreman,  Thomas  Hall, 
Forrest,  William  Grayd 
Forster,  Thomas, 
Foster,  Alexander  William, 

Charles  Henry,    Coi. 

Hudson  S., 

James, 

William  K., 
Foulke,  William  Green, 

William  Parker, 

Richard  Parker, 
Foulks,  Charles  T., 
Foust,  Benezet  F. , 
Fow,  John  Henry, 
Fowle,  Jonathan,  Jr., 
Fox,  Daniel  Miller, 

Edward  John, 

Elijah  J., 

George, 

Gilbert  Rodman, 

Henry  Korn, 

John, 

John, 

John  Mickle, 

Joseph  Mickle, 

Joseph  Mickle, 

Samuel  Mickle,- 

Samuel  Mickle, 
Foy,  Frank  Augustine, 
Fraley,  Joseph  Cresson, 
Francis,  John, 

Tench, 

Franklin,  Walter, 
Frazer,  John  Fries, 

Persifor, 

Robert, 

Robert, 
Frazier,  Nalbro,  Jr., 

35 


May    6,    1854 

ather, 

July    8,     1848 

Dec.    4,    1869 

;ht, 

June    6,    1846 

June  29,  1872 

Dec.   10,  1849 

Oct.   24,   1845 

d.  Feb.  10,  1843,  a-  23 

June  13,  1844 

May  26,   1855 

d.  Sept.  2b,  1873 

Feb.   25,  1865 

Oil  ,     Adm.  ,  Berks,  Nov.  4,  rSor 

Dec.   23,  1831 

June  28,   1833 

am, 

Dec.    7,    1793 

Col.  Vols  ,  d.  Mch.  14,  1882,  a.  52 

June  29,  1878 

Mch.  14,  1831 

of  Carlisle 

Before   .    1775 

Oct.   25,   1856 

June  17,  1865 

d.  June  20,  iSbj,  a.  30 

Sept.  17,  1838 

Jan.    8,     1839 

Jan.     8,    1853 

d.  Jan.  8,  1870,  a.  30 

Oct.    10,   1863 

May    4,     1878 

June  12,   1819 

Mayor 

Nov.  30,  1878 

Easton 

Sept.    5,    1846 

May   13,    1871 

d.  Apl.  10,  1830 

Jan.    15,    1825 

,       Norristown,  Cfk  U.  S.  D.  C. 

Mch.  26,  1842 

June  15,  1878 

P.  J.  Bucks  Co.,  d.  1840,,  a.  62 

Sept.  1  6,  1806 

It  should  be  John   Titus 

Dec.   29,  1842 

d.  Mch.  jo,  1832,  a.  26 

Mch.    4,    1829 

Sept.    7,    1812 

Feb.   28,  1877 

d.  1800,  a.  48 

June  n,  1844 

Dec.   13,  1873 

Jan.    8,     1881 

Nov.   25,  1871 

d.  Sept.  26,  1828,  a.  20 

Feb.   25,  1824 

Atty-Gen.,d   Aug.  ib,  1758 

Before   .    1  741 

P.J.  and  Atty-Gen.  Pa.,  jSoo 

June    6,    1793 

LL.  D.,  d.  Oct.  12,  1872,  a.  bi 

Feb.    7,    1835 

d.  in  Rome,  Apl.  it,  1880,  a  71 

Sept.    5,    1831 

d.  Jan   20,  1821,  a.  33 

July   21,    1792 

d.  May  4,  1878,  a.  bo 

Sept.    7,    1844 

CaJ>t.  2nd  Pa.  Cavalry,  U.  S.  V' 

Nov.    5,    1853 

270 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Freedley,  Angelo  Tillinghast, 
Charles  Wellington, 

John,  M.  C.,  d.  Dec  8,  r8j/,  a.  bo 

French,   David,  Atty-Gen.  Lower  counties 

Freeman,  Charles  Dudley, 
Henry  Bampfylde, 

Henry  Gifford,  d.  Feb.  75, 1873,  a.  8s 

James  Black,  New  York  aty 

Nathaniel  Chapman,  M.  e. 

Warwick  Bampfylde,       d.  Mch. ,1871 

Freemann,  John  Slough, 

Freno,  Jacob  C., 

Frishmuth,  Willard  F., 

Frolack,  John,  d.  i>i/7ss 

Frost,  John  E., 
,  Charles, 

•Joseph  Reese,  d.  1865, a. 33 

Fuller,  Daniel, 

Henry  M. ,  Wilkes-Barre,  d.  Dec.  26.  1860,  a  41 

John  L., 
Fullerton,  Alexander, 

Fulton,   James,  Editor,  d.  Feb  3,  i8bb,  a  j6 

Funck,  Josiah, 

Furness,  Horace  Howard,         LL.D.,  Author 

William  Elliott, 
Furth,  Emanuel, 


d.  Aug.  20,  1803,  a.  74 


Gallagher,  William  M., 

Galloway,  Joseph, 

Gangewer,  Allen  H., 

Garber,  Charles  H. ,       Norristown,  d.  Nov.  <?,  1882,  a  59 

Humboldt, 

Garde,  George  James, 
Gardner,  Thomas  B., 
Gardiner,  George  W., 
Garner,  Charles  A., 
Garsed,  Henry  Erben, 

Robert  P., 
Gaston,  Frederick, 
Gavitt,  Sylvester,  Jr., 
GayarrS,  Charles  A.  E., 
Gazzam,  Joseph  Murphy, 
Geiger,  Frederick  J., 
Gendell,  John  Howard, 
George,  Joshua,  d.  before  1775 

Gerdeman,  (Rev.)  John  W.. 

1,  Joseph,    d.  Mch.  ib,  7796,  2vo.  Universal  Mag.,ibi 


Adm.  as  F.  O.  G. 
New  Orleans 


Nov.  25, 
Oct.  26, 
Jan.  3, 
Before  . 
Feb.  7, 
May  13, 
May  17, 
Jan.  29, 
May  15, 
Oct.  7, 
Mch.  6, 
Mch.  7, 

July    7, 
Before  . 
June  13, 
April  29, 
Oct.    10, 
June  22, 
Jan.    4, 
Dec.   13, 
June  30, 
Sept.    5, 
Mch.   4, 
Nov.   19, 
Mch.  14, 
Sept.  28, 


1871 
1878 
1832 
1 726 

1843 
1871 
1809 

1845 
1867 
1836 
1882 
1851 
1877 

1755 
1827 
1876 

1833 
1818 
1858 
1850 

I§77 
uS6o 

1873 
1859 
1863 
1878 


Oct.  23,  1858 

Sept.  26, 1749* 

June  13,  1874 

April  ir,  1850 

June  19,  1880 

June  26,  1880 

Jan.  6,  1857 

Nov.  19,  1831 

Dec.  6,  1873 

June  19,  1880 

June  29,  1878 

Nov.  n,  1876 

July  5,  1879 

Sept.  17,  1828 

Oct.  4,  1879 

April  2,  1881 

Oct.  21,  1865 

Before  .  1775 

July  3,  1880 

Nov.  5,  1785 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


271 


Gerhard ,  Benjami n ,  d.  June  18, 1864,  a.  54 

John  Sergeant, 
Gerhart,  Isaac, 
Gest,  John  Barnard, 

John  Marshall, 
Gershom,  Galusha, 
Geyelin,  Henry  Laussat, 
Gibb,  John  McGregor, 
Gibbons,  Charles, 

Charles,  Jr., 

John  Smith, 
Gibbs,  Benjamin, 

Benjamin,  Jr., 

John  P., 
Gibson,  James,  d.juiy 8, 1856,  a.  s? 

James  G.,  Jr.,  Editor,  d.  Sept. ,1853 

John  Bannister,  LL.D  ,  c.j.,d.  May 3, 1853,  a..  73 

Mercer  E., 

WalterS., 

William  James, 
Gilbert,  John  J., 
Gill,  Harry  Blair, 
Gillespie,  T.  Lindsay, 
Gilmore,  John, 
Gilpin,  Bernard, 

Charles, 

Charles,  Jr., 

Henry   Dilworth,  Atty-Gen.,  d.Jan.  29,  i860,  a.  59 

Hood, 

Thomas, 

Washington  Hood, 

William, 

Gilroy,  Henry  Engard, 
Gimber,  Henry  William, 
Givens,  Marcus  F., 
Glenn,  Edwin  F., 

Harry  R., 

Gloninger,  John  Philip, 
Gobrecht,  Charles  Joseph, 
Goddard,  George  C,, 

Paul  Frederick, 
Godfrey,  Samuel  M.  C., 
Godley,  William, 

Goepp,   Charles,  Editor,  J,  Marine  Court,  N.  Y. 

Goforth,  John,    Asst.  Atty-Gen.  U.  S.,  d.  Oct.  14,  1880,  a.  43 

Goheen,  J.  Warner, 
Goldbeck,  Albert  Theodore, 


Butler,  Pa.,d.  May  18,  1845 
Mayor 


Gov.  Colorado,  Denver 


d.  May  I,  1870,  a. 


June    9, 
Nov.  1 6, 
June  24, 
Jan.     7, 
April    i, 
Directory 
June  14, 
June    6, 
Dec.   13, 
Nov.    7, 
April  12, 
June    3,  - 
July   24, 
Sept.  23, 
Sept.  28, 
Oct.     6, 
Sept.  — , 
June  30, 
April    i, 
June  1 8, 
April  30, 
Mch.    3, 
Dec.    7, 
Sept.  — , 
June  15, 
May  31, 
Jan.    23, 
Nov.   14, 
Dec.    i, 
Nov.  30, 
April   7, 
June  14, 
Dec.   27, 
Dec.  21, 
Sept.  1 6, 
Jan.    5, 
Mch.    i, 
Mch.  12, 
Oct.    18, 
Oct.   23, 
May    7, 
Nov.   14, 
June  26, 
Nov.    9, 
May  1 6, 
Mch.    i, 
Sept.  23, 


1832 
1867 
1854 
1847 
1882 
1800 
1879 
1874 
1838 
1874 
1823 
1811 
1800 
1876 
1791 
1852 
1805 
1877 
1882 
1864 
1870 
1879 
1846 
1801 
1878 
1832 
1867 
1822 

1874. 
1872 
1866 
1836 

1873 
1867 
1867 
1878 
1879 
1881 
1848 
1822 
1864 
1868 
1858 
1850 
1857 
1873 
1876 


272 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


d.Jan,  1834,  a.  41 
d.  Mch.  10,  1863 

Judge- Advocate  U.  S.  Army 


Goldbroth,  Robert, 
Golder,  John, 

GoldsborOUgh,  Charles,  Maryland,  d.  before  1775 

Goodbread,  Joseph  Stelwagon, 
Goodman,  Andrew  T., 

Charles, 

James, 

William  M., 
Goodfello.w,  Henry, 
Goodson,  John, 
Goodwin,  Coulter, 

Harold,    - 

John  Fisher, 
Gordon,  Adam, 

David  Francis,  P.J.  Perks,  d.  Dec.  27, 75.59, <*•• t>4 

James  Gay, 

Lewis,  Proth'y,  6r>c.,  Northampton  Co. 

Thomas  Francis,       Author,  d.  Jan.  17,  1800,  a.  75 

William, 

Gorman,  Wjlliam, 
Gormley,  Samuel, 
Gossler,  Jacob  L. , 

Phillip, 

Gourick,  David  Augustus, 
Gourlay,  Frederick  E., 
Gourley,  James, 
Gowen,  Alfred  Clare, 

Francis  Innes, 

Franklin  Benjamin,     Pres't  Reading R.  R. 

James  Emmet, 
Grace,  Anthony  Atwood, 

Harry  Townsend, 
Grady,  James  F., 

\  John  Cadwaladcr, 
Graff,  Andrew,  Jr., 
Graeff,  Edward  C., 
Graeme,  James, 
Graham,  Francis  D., 

George  Augustus, 

George  Rex, 

George  S., 

George  Thomas, 

John  Kittera, 

WalterS., 

William, 

Grange,  William  G., 
Grant,  Jeremiah  K.,  Reading 


New  York  City 

d.  Dec.,  1871 
Cincinnati 


Solicitor  in  Chancery,  1720 

d.  July  20,  l8<fb 

Editor,  b  Jan.  18,  1813 

District  Attorney 

d.  Nov.  4,  1844,  a-  z& 
d.  at  Chester,  Pa  ,  Dec  20,  i8zr 


Mch.  — ,  i  782 
Sept.  19,  1814 
Before  .  1775 
Oct.  5,  1878 
Feb.  n,  1860 
May  14,  1822 
Oct.  4,  1828 
Mch.  2,  1874 
July  2,  1859 
Mch.  25,  1730 
Sept.  4,  1817 
Oct.  31,  1874 
May  6,  1854 
Nov.  28,  1794 
June  6,  1818 
Feb.  26,  1876 
Apl.  10,  1753* 
Sept.  1 6,  1806' 
[an.  29,  1876 
Feb.  26,  1876 
Oct.  17,  1868 
Nov.  6,  1848 
May  9,  1846 
June  19,  1880 
June  3,  1871 
Nov.  i,  1879 
April  14,  1849 
Dec.  8,  1877 
Feb.  4,  1862 
May  10,  1851 
Nov.  29,  1862 
Feb.  5,  1881 
Feb.  i,  1879 
Nov.  4,  1871 
Dec.  — ,  1798 
Feb.  5,  1848 
Before  .  1720 
April  i,  1876 
May  14,  1823 
Mch.  27,  1839 
April  i,  1871 
Oct.  2,  1869 
Dec.  12,  1836 
April  i,  1882 
Nov.  14,  1788 
Oct.  29,  1864 
June  9,  1877 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


273 


Grater,  Jonas  Hauff,  June  12,  1875 

Gratz,  Benjamin,1  b.  w  Mch.  9,  1815 

Simon,  Oct.  23,  1858 

Grayson,  Frederick  William  Spence,  Editor  June  19,  1844 

Frederick  William,  Jr. ,  June  29,  1878 

Green,  Ashbel,  Jr.,  j ,  New  York  Oct.  3,  1835 

Isaac  T.,  Jan.    30,   1875 

John   Pugh,  4th    Vice-J'res't  Pa.  R.  R.  Co.          Sept.     8,      l86o 

Roberts.,                        d.stpt.  28, 1813  Sept.  30,  1809 

Greene,  Harry  R.,  June  15,  1878 

William  Frederick,  July-io,    1847 

Greenbank,  Thomas,                    J.O/D.C.  Sept.    8,    1849 

Greenough,  Ebenezer,                    sunbury  April  29,  1839 

E.  F.,  Feb.    4,    1837 

Greenwald,  Joseph  Lamartine,  June  18,   1881 

Gregg,  William  Lampas,  April  22,  1871 

Gregory,  Henry  Stuart,                New  jersey  Dec.    12,  1874 

William  Montgomery,  Dec.    6,    1873 

Grew,  William,  Jan.     9,    1869 

Greer,  David,  Apltermi774* 

Grier,  David,  Sept.  — ,  1783 

James  Rich,  Sept.  26,  1863 

John  Mason,  Oct.     i,    1853 

Thomas  Jefferson,  June    8,    1867 

Griffen,  George,  Dec.  — ,  1801 

Griffith,  John  T.,                             d.  i8ib  May  28,    1814 

John  P.,  Jan.    15,   1825 

Robert  Eglesfield,  May    i,     1858 

Warren  Gookin,  Nov.   25,  1871 

Griffiths,  Jesse  W.,  Nov.   26,  1835 

Grimshaw,  William,                 d.jan.  8, 1832,  n.  70  July     i,     1824 

William  Arthur,  June    4,    1832 

Grinnell,  William,                      d.  oa.  10,1841  April    i,    1805 

Griscom,  George,                    d.  Oct.  15,1882, a.  76  Mch.  23,  1833 

Grissinger,  William  Allen,  April   5,    1879 

Gross,  Albert  Haller,  May  18,   1867 

Charles  Heebner,  Nov.   16,  1861 

Joseph  Peter,  Oct.    21,    1876 

William  Charles,  Nov.    4,    1876 

Grout,  Henry  Taylor,  Feb.    8,    1845 

Grover,  LaFayette,                  GW.  of  Oregon,  1870  April  6,    1850 

Growden,  Joseph,  Jr.,         Atty-Gen., d.  Mayis,  1738  Before   .    1720 

Grund,  Francis  J.,  Author,  d.  Sept.  29,  r8t>3,  a.  SQ      Sept.    7,    1844 

Grunder,  Lewis  A.,  Nov.     2,    1867 

Grundy,  Joseph  K.,  May    6,     1865 

Guest,  John,                               c.  J.  of  r«.,  1701  About    .    1700 

Guilbert,  Albert  Brock,  Feb.   26,  1876 

1  At  the  date  of  publication  (March,  1883)  the  senior  living  member  of  the  Bar. 


274 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Guillou,  Constant,                 d.  Oct.  20, 1877,  a.  6/  Mch.    8,  1832 

Horace  Mann,               Sandwich  islands  Jan.    n,  1862 

Victor,  April   9,  1859 

Gummey,  Thomas  Anners,  Feb.    4,  1858 

Gumpert,  Charles  Leon,  Feb.   15,  1868 

Guernsey,  Luther  Blodgett,  d.st.  Pauls, in  1855,0.34  June  18,  1853 

Gwinner,  Samuel  Frederick,  Mch.   5,  1867 

Peter,  Nov.   16,  1850 

Gwynn,  Joseph,  June    3,  1871 

Haddon,  Thomas,  July  17,  1799 

Hagan,  William,                  d  New  Orleans,  te/ore  1801  Sept.    8,  1845 

Hagert,  Henry  Schell,              District  Attorney  May    8,  1847 

Hahn,  Addison  M.,  Jan.   28,  1871 

Haight,  Jonathan  T.,    See  Chester  Co.  Min .,  May  20, /7QQ  Mch.  —  -,  1801 

Haines,  Benjamin  H.,  Feb.   12,  1853 

Hamilton  Clay,  Sept.  24,  1870 

Haldorn,  George,  Dec.   27,  1873 

Hale,  Elias  White,            Lewistown,  d.  Feb. 3, 1832,  a.  57  Dec.  — ,  1798 

Reuben  Charles,  Q.M.G.ofpa.,d.juiyz,ist)3,a.5i  July     2,  1853 

Haley,  John,  Chester,  d.  Mch.  12,  1786  Oct.  15,  1772* 

Hall,  Charles,                                   Sunbury  June  — ,  1791 

Edwards  Hicks,               Delaware  Co.  Feb.    5,  1 88 1 

George  Washington,  April    i,  1882 

Henry  Wilson,  Oct.    i,  1881 

JameS,                                         /.,  an  Eminent  writer  About      .  l82O 

John,  June    9,  1827 

JohllEwing,  Ed.  Am.  Law  Jr.,  d.Juneu,i82q,a.4b  -    -  1805 

Peter  Penn-Gaskill,1  Major&p.  M.  u.  s.  Army  Nov.    4,  1858 

Richard,                     Adm.  s.  c.,Sept.  /,  1800  Direct'ry  1799 

Samuel  Perkins,  Nov.   20,  1855 

Sergeant,                    d.   CentervUle,  Ind.,June  13,  1848  NOV.     1 6,  1833 

Thomas  F.,  Feb.  25,  1865 

Thomas  M.,     Lt.Coi.i2istP.v.,d.Nov.s,i8b4  Oct.   n,  1856 

Walter  Ferdinand,  July   10,  1880 

William  Coleman,  Mch.  31,  1877 

William  Maclay,          P.J.Bedford  County  Jan.    28,  1882 

Haller,  Frederick  John,  Oct.    8,  1796 

Hallowell,  John,                     P.  j.,  d.  Jan.  17, 1839  Mch.  17,  i  j.sx 

Frederick  Fraley,  June    5,  i.SSc 

Halsey,  A.  Hatfield,  Mch.    i,  1879 

Harry,  Dec.    3,  1881 

Haly,  William  Worthington,     d. Dec. zb,  1851  Jan.    n,  1823 

Hambleton,  David  M.,               d.  June  10,1871  May  14,  1853 

Hamburger,  Herman,  Feb.   16,  1861 

Hamilton,  Alexander  H.,  Oct.     i,  1831 

Andrew,                                Atty-Gen.,  d.  May  4,  1741  About     .  1717 
1 A  lineal  descendant  of  William  Penn,  by  his  first  wife. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA.  275 

Hamilton,  James,  Chester  Co.  Records,  d.  Aug.  14, 1783     In  prac.  1735 

James,  P.j.,d.  /$/?,  a.  77             Dec.  — ,  1780 

James,  Jr.,  d.jan.3,i873                Dec.   19,  1816 

John,  Mch.    3,  1784 

John,  Jr.,  Jan.    16,  1845 

Morris  R.,  Trenton,  N.  J.  Dec.     30,    1848 

Hamersley,  Edmund  Graff,  Mch.  10,  1877 

Hammett,  Frederick  William,  June  18,  1881 

Hampton,  Jonathan,              d.  Mch.  /?,  1833,  a.  41  Feb.   20,  1813 

Hanbest,  Thomas  Passmore,  d.  Aug.  7, 1873,  a.  38  April  26,  1845 

Hancock,  John,  Dec.   10,  1842 

Handy,  Harry  Hunter  Smith,  Dec,   13,  1879 

Hanna,  James,                               Harrisburg  June  — ,   1781 

James,  July    2,     1831 

John,  Feb.   19,  1841 

John  Andre,             M.  c., nwto, andd.  1805  Feb.     i,    1784 

William  Brantley,             P.J.O.C.  Nov.   14,1857 

Hannis,  William  Cuthbert,  Mch.   3,    1858 

Hannum,  Robert  Evans,               Chester,  Pg.  Dec.   14,  1844 

Washington  Lee,  Sept.  — ,  1798 

Hanson,  Ezekiel  Hunn,  Dec.   15,  1856 

Joseph,  Feb.   n,  1865 

Samuel  P.,  Dec.    4,    1875 

Harding,  George,  Sept.   5,    1849 

Hare,  Charles  Willing,           d.  API.  is,  1827,  a.  4q  Dec.    7,    1799 

John  Innis  Clark,    LL.D.,P.J.O/D.  c.&>  C.P.     Sept.   9,    1841 

Robert,  Jr.,  d.June  //,  i&4b,  a  42 

Robert  Harford, 
Hargadon,  John  J., 
Harkins,  George  Washington, 
Harlan,  Charles, 

Edward  Seymour, 
Harland,  James, 
Harmar,  James  Lanman,          d.  Aug.  8, 1880,  a.  j? 

Josiah  William,  d.  July  24, 1867 

William,  d.  Jan.  22,  1878,  a.  73 

Harpur,  William  Vance, 

Harrah,  B.  de  S.  Frank,          d.  Jan.  23, 1883,  a.  24 

HaTres,  Charles  G., 

Charles  G., 

Harrington,  David  Chase, 
Harris,  Albert  Hamilton, 

George  Washington,         Harrisburg 

Henry  Grove, 

John   Campbell,        Washington,  D.  C.,  Bar.  i8bi 
Neil,  Chester  Co.  Records,  d.  before  1773 

Harrison,   George,  Navy  Agent  ?  d.  July  12, 1845,  a.8i 


276 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Harrison,  George  Leib,  Pres' t  Board  Public  charities  May  15,  1833 

John  B.,  May  14,  1822 

Nathaniel,  Nov.  26,  1859 

Harrity,  William  Francis,  Dec.    27,  1873 

Hart,  Austin,  April  10,  1858 

Byerly,  April  10,  1875 

Charles,  Oct.  n,  1856 

Charles  Henry,  Nov.  14,  1868 

Gavin  Watson,  May  4,  1872 
Joseph  Richards,  d.  in  Kentucky,  Aug.  13,1844  Sept.  i,  1834 

Theodore  M.,  d.  Aug. 31,1834,*.  24  April  21,  1832 

Thomas,  Jr.,  April  14,  1860 

Hartley,  Charles,  Mch.  — ,  1794 

Thomas,  M.  C.,  d.  York,  Dec.  21, 1800,  a.  52      Aug.     IO,    1769 

Hartman,  Wencel,  Jr.,  Jan.  23,  1864 

Hartshorne,  Robert,  See  also  Chester  Co.  Records,  1742  Before  .  1742* 

Hartranft,  Henry  G.,  Feb.  n,  1860 

Frank  Allen,  July  i,  1882 

Harvey,  Alexander  Elmglie,  July  6,  1850 

William  Jefferies,  Chester  May  3,  1879 

Hasell,  James,  About  .  1731 

Samuel,  d.  June  13,  /7j/,  a.  60  About  .  1733 

Haseltine,  Frank,  May  19,  1866 

Haskins,  Charles  R.,  Feb.  3,  1877 

Hassinger,  David  Stanley,  d.  API.  22,181)7,  a.  72  Oct.  5,  1819 

Hathwell,  George  W.,  April  20,  1861 

Haugh,  Edward,  July  3>  J875 

Charles  Merrill,  Dec.  2,  1882 

Haverstick,  Horace,  July  6,  1872 

Haviland,  Edward,  d.  Nm>.  21, 1872,  a.  &  May  6,  1848 

John  Von  Sonntag,  F.  S  A.,  York  Herald,  London   Sept.    12,    1846 

Hawkins,  Henry  C.,  Jan.    27,   1872 

Hawley,  (Rev.)  John  L.,  Nov.   12,  1842 

Hawxhust,  Daniel  K.,  Feb.   26,  1876 

Hay,  Henry,  Feb.     7,    1844 

Hayes,  Alfred,  May  12,   1860 

David,  Dec.  — ,  1798 

Ferdinand  Eugene,  d.  Feb.  13, 1871, a. 34              Sept.  12,1857 

Robert,  Dec.  — ,  1798 

Hayward,  Henry  E.,  Sept.  16.  1867 

Hazlehurst,  Charles,  Dec.  30,   1871 

Henry,  June    i,    1869 

Isaac,  City  Solicitor,  1834                   April  22,    183! 

James  Wright,  Sept.  23,  1854 

Robert,  Jr.,  d.tso4,a.3o                Mch.    8,    1796 

Heacock,  Charles  B.,  Sept.  28,  1839 

Heath,  John  D.,  Mch.   5,    1805 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


277 


Heath,  Thomas  T., 
Heatley,  Charles, 
Heazlitt,  Charles  Ferris, 
Heberton,  James, 
Heebner,  Samuel  Yohe, 
Heed,  William  S., 
Heilig,  George  W., 
Heilner,  Samuel, 

Walter  S., 

Heiskell,  William  B., 
Helffenstein,  Emanuel, 
Helmuth,  Henry, 

Henry  Keppele, 
Hemphill,  Joseph, 

William, 
Henderson,  David, 

Francis, 

James, 

James  W., 

John, 

Jonathan, 

Robert  Jones, 

Samuel  Jones, 
Hendry,  John  Burke, 
Henkels,  Francis, 
Hennershotz,  Augustus  Lucius, 
Hennessy,  Timothy,1 
Henry,  Alexander, 

James  Buchanan 

James  Bayard, 

John  Joseph,2 

Matthew, 

Morton  Pearson 

Thomas  T., 
Hepburn,  Henry  Fisher, 

Samuel, 

Samuel,  Jr., 

William  Horace, 
Hersent,  Samuel, 
Heston,  Jacob  Franklin, 
Heverin,  James  Henry, 
Hewitt,  Luther  E., 

Matthias  L., 
Heyberger,  John  M., 
Heyer,  Frederick, 

1  Admitted  to  the  Dublin  Bar  (Ireland),  1846;  Major  5th  Pa.  Cavalry. 
s  2  Author  of  the  Campaign  against  Quebec. 
36 


Cincinnati,    O. 

Dec.   1  8,  1878 

d.  Feb.,  1814 

Mch.  —  ,  1782 

d.  May  6,  1864,  a.  40 

Mch.  14,  1853 

d.  Dec.  7,  1822,  a.  27 

Mch.  21,  1818 

April   3,    1880 

d.  Dec.  jo,  1880,  a.  39 

Feb.    n,  1865 

d.  Jan.  ib,  i8b8,  a.  51 

Jan.   19,    1847 

June  30,   1877 

Dec.    3,    1872 

d.  Aug.  ib,  1867,  a.  JQ 

June  27,  1832 

.  d.  i8bq,  a.  bi 

Nov.    9,    1831 

d.  June  b,  i8bq 

Mch.  29,  1830 

June  25,   1792 

P.  J.  ,  d.  May  29,  1842,  a.  72 

June  12,  .1802 

Sept.  —  ,  1799 

d.  before  1773,  see  Chester  Co.  Bar 

Aug.  —  ,  1755 

June  17,  1  832 

d.  Aug.,  1845 

June  '  4,    1811 

Mch.    i,   1852 

May    2,    1815 

Sept.  —  ,  1795 

Moved  to  New  York 

Nov.    4,    1858 

d.  June  27,  1830,  a.  48 

June  30,  1827 

Nov.   20,  1880 

June  28,  1873 

Lucius, 

Sept.    4,    1865 

Mch.  22,  1856 

Mayor 

April  13,  1844 

,                   New  York  City 

Nov.   20,  1855 

Sept.  27,  1879 

P.J.,  Lancaster  Co. 

June  —  ,  1784 

A  Captain  in  U.  S.  Army 

Dec.  —  ,  1795 

\ 

Feb.   12,  1847 

A  colored  gentleman 

Dec.  31,   1881 

', 

June    6,    1868 

Carlisle,  Pa. 

Nov.   27.  1858 

Carlisle 

Dec.   28,  1867 

> 

June  18,  1870 

Atty-Gen. 

About    .    1685 

J.  C.  P. 

Oct.   26,    1804 

Sept.  17,  1866 

Nov.  22,  1879 

Sept.   5,    1831 

Mch.    4,   1847 

d.Jan.  2Q,z877,  a.  47 

June    9,    1852 

278 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


d.  Feb.  n,  1871,  a.  48 

d.  Me  A.  9,  i8t>8,  a.  so 
d.  Nov.  q,  1870,  a.  40 

Adm.  Chester  Co. ,  Nov. ,  1767 
Reading 


See  "  Departed  Saints  of  the  Law" 


0,  a.  34 


Heyl,  Edward  James, 

George,  Jr., 
Heylin,  John  Loughery, 
Heylman,  Mordecai, 
Heysham,  Edward, 
Hibler,  William  Grier, 
Hickock,  Henry  C., 
Hicks,  William, 
Hiester,  John  S., 
Higgins,  Thomas  W., 
Higginson,  Nathaniel, 
Hiles,  Henry  Clay, 
Hill,  Rives, 

Hillier,  George  W.,      . 
Hillman,  Charles  W., 
Hinckle,  Charles  Frederick, 
Hinckley,  Robert  Hewes,  Jr., 
Hindman,  Francis  W.,  d.  NOV.  12, 

Hindmarsh,  Henry  E., 
Hippie,  Frank  Knorr, 
Hirons,  Wesley  B., 
Hirst,  Anthony  Antommarchi,     . 

Henry  Beck,  Poet,  d,  Mch.  jo,  1874,  a.  js 

Julius  Lucas,1  Author,  d.  June 3, 1882,  a.jg 

Lawson  Weatherly,  Roxiorough 

Napoleon  Bonaparte, 

Peter  Mortimer, 

William  Lucas, 

William  Lucas,  Jr. 
Hoagland,  James  Milton, 
Hobart,  John  Henry, 

John  Potts, 
Hockley,  Thomas, 
Hodge,  John  Led  yard, 
Hoffiner,  Charles  W., 
Hoffman,  David, 

Edward  Fenno, 

Jacob, 

Samuel  W., 

Holcomb,  Chauncey  P., 
Holcombe,  Joseph  M., 
Holland,  Nathaniel, 
Hollingsworth,  Levi, 

Samuel  Shorey, 
Hollinshead,  William, 
Holmes,  Samuel, 


d.  Feb.  22, 1870 

Clifton,  Ohio 
d.  Aug.  so,  1876,  a.  74 
d.  Mch.  17, 1880,  a.  40 


d.  Dec.  to,  1874,  a. 


d.  Apl.  s,  iSjS 

San   Francisco 
d.  May  10,  I&43 


d.  Apl.,  1811 
1  Founder  of  the  Hirst  Free  Law  Library 


Oct.  21,  1865 
Mch.  21,  1793 
Mch.  5,  1845 
Dec.  — ,  1 80 1 
Feb.  6,  1850 
Oct.  13,  1866 
Dec.  19,  1868 
Apl.  13,  1768* 
Mch.  6,  1798 
June  u,  1845 
Dec.  n,  1790 
June  28,  1873 
Before  .  1775 
May  8,  1852 
Mch.  30,  1872 
April  29,  1871 
April  9,  1864 
Dec.  7,  1827 
Oct.  7,  1871 
May  9,  1863 
Oct.  2,  1869 
Dec.  3,  1870 
Feb.  4,  1843 
Feb.  8,  1845 
April  13,  1867 
Sept.  15,  1845 
Mch.  6,  1845 
Dec.  18,  1827 
July  i,  1865 
Oct.  25,  1879 
June  10,  1842 
April  3,  1855 
June  7,  1862 
Oct.  16,  1856 
May  16,  1868 
Dec.  1 6,  1843 
June  3,  1872 
April  29,  1839 
Jan.  7,  1865 
Feb.  24,  1831 
Mch.  4,  1858 
Sept.  10,  1842 
Mch.  17,  1829 
Mch.  24,  1866 
Sept.  n,  1841 
Dec.  n,  1799 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


279 


Holsman,  Daniel, 
Hood,  James  E., 

Samuel, 

William  B., 
Hook,  Christian, 
Hoover,  George  W., 
Hopkins,  Abiathar, 

Howell, 


Author,  d  Sept.  4,  1879,  a.  71 

see  Huck,  shot  July  12,  1780 


j.,d.  NOV.,  1751 


Minnesota 


d.  June  4,  1858 

d.  1833,  Lancaster 

Joseph  R.,  d.  Dec.  3,  1834,  a.  ss 

Hopkinson,  Edward, 

Francis,  j.  u.  s.  D.  c.,  LL.D.,  d.  M.iyq,  1791,  a.  54. 
Francis,         cierk  u.  s.  D.  c.,d.june2,  1870,  a.  74. 

Joseph,     J.  U.  S.  D.  C.,  LL.D.,  d.Jan.  15,  1842,  a.  71 

Joseph, 

Oliver, 

Thomas, 
Hopper,  Edward, 

Henry  Shelmire, 
Hopple,  Jacob  Temple, 

William,  Jr., 
Horn,  Henry  John, 

James  Henry, 
Homer,  Inman, 
Hornor,  Charles  Fourier,       d.  Jan.  4,1881,  a.  26 

Charles  West,  Washington,  D.  c. 

Horstmann,  Henry  F.  , 
Hostetter,  C.  M., 
Hoskinson,  Thomas  Watson, 
House,  William  Almerin,          vineiand,N.j. 
Housekeeper,  Cheyney  H., 
Housel,  Louis  V., 
Howard,  William  Jordan,  Jr., 
Howell,  Charles  Henry, 

Charles  Benjamin, 

George  J., 

Jacob  Roberts, 

Joshua  B.,    Col.  85th  Pa.  Vols.,  killed  Sept.  14,  1864,  a 

Richard,  GOV.  N.J.,  d.  API.  28,  1802,  a.  4s 

Howson,  Charles, 

Hoyt,  Henry  Martyn,  Jr.,  As'tCash'rU.  s.N-iB'k,  N.  Y. 
Hubbell,  Frederick  Brooks,          b.juiy  21,1843 

Ferdinand  Wakeman,      d.juiyij,  1852,  a.  32 

Horatio,  d.  July  26,1875,  a.  76 

William  Wheeler, 

Hubbard,  Lucius  Lee,  Boston,  Mass. 

Hubert,  George  J., 


June  19,  1880 
Jan.  10,  1880 

NOV.      I,      1832 

Oct.  i,  1853 
May  10,  1769 
June  29,  1878 
Nov.  23,  1811 
Feb.  5,  1814 

Mcll.     9,     1787 

Dec.  8,  1804 
Dec  24,  1875 
S.  C.  in  1761* 
Sept.  5,  1816 

May      4,      179! 

Nov.  16,  1874 
Aug.  7,  1837 
About  .  1732 
Oct.  31,  1839 
June  14,  1879 
April  10,  1869 
Dec.  14,  1867 
May  6,  1848 
April  21,  1832 
Oct.  17,  1868 
Nov.  i,  1873 
Jan.  5,  1867 
June  14,  1879 
June  10,  1871 
June  i,  1878 
May  12,  1877 
Oct.  15,  1835 
April  29,  1876 
Sept.  19,  1857 
June  28,  1873 
June  12,  1880 
Oct.  16,  1809 
Mch.  23,  1785 

April     2,      1828 

Sept.  —  ,  1  782* 
Jan.  9,  1869 
June  n,  1881 
Dec.  5,  1864 
May  20,  1822 
Sept.  17,  1821 
Mch.  5,  1845 
Dec.  13,  1878 
May  14,  1851 


280 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Hubley,  Jacob,  Lancaster  Bar  June    ,     1784 

John,  Lancaster,  d.Jan.  21,  1821.  a.  73       — }     1769 

Huck,  Christian,1  shot  in  skirmish,  July  12,1780      May  10,    1769 

Hudson,  Robert.  May  27,   1786 

Huet,  Augustin,  Jr.,  Sept.  24,  1870 

Huey,  Samuel  Baird,  Mch,  14,  1868 

Huffnagle,  Peter,  Lancaster                  Mch.  — ,  1786 

Hughes,  Benjamin  Franklin,  June  29,  1X78 

Bertram,  Sept.  19,  1881 

Francis  Wade,  Atty-Gen.                   April  n,  1842 

Samuel,  Dec.  — ,  1801 

Hulings,  David  Watts,  i^wht<nun,ra.              Dec.   16,  1837 

Hull,  Richard,  June  17,  1800 

Humphreys,  Assheton,  see  Chester  c».  Bar            Aug.  — ,  1771 

Richard,  Feb.   20,   1835 

Hunn,  Ezekiel,  Jr.,  May   19,   1866 

Hunsicker,  Charles,  Norristoum                 Oct.   27,   1858 

John  Quincy,  Mch.  20,  1869 

Joseph  Washington,  Feb.   12,   1853 

Hunt,  Edwin  Mortimer,  Dec.   24,  1870 

(Rev.)  Isaac,  d.  London,  i8oq,  a.  S7               Aug.     14,    1765 

Robert  T.,  Oct.  20,  1866 

Thomas  Jefferson,  Jan.  4,  1879 

William,  Jr.,  Oct.  5,  1878 

Hunter,  James,  Jr.,  d.  1850, a. 76  May  19,  1795 

JohnW.,  Nov.  — ,  1797 

Richard  Stockton,  April  18,  1868 

Hurst,  Edward,  Mch.  26,  1825 

Jonathan  Harvey,  d.sept.ib,i8zB,a.^  Sept.  16,  1794 

Stephen  Decatur,  June  14,  1834 

Husband,  Joshua  Leonard,  d.  Feb.  /s,  /88o, a.  6j  Dec.  n,  1847 

William  Allen,  Nov.  20,  1847 

Husbands,  Clement  Miller,  *  May  n,  1847 

Joseph  D.,  Jan.  14,  1865 

Huston,  Charles,  J.,s.  c.,  d.  NOV.  12,1841)  Dec.  — ,  1795 

Robert  J.,  June  13,  1868 

Hutchinson,  Charles  Hare,  April  10,  1858 

Otis  K.  A.,  May  14,  1853 

Randall,  June  3,  1811 

Hyde,  George,  June    6,    1842 

Hynes,  Bartholomew,  May   18,    1867 

Hyneman,  Samuel  Morais,  June    2,    1877 

Ingersoll,  Charles,  d.at  sea,  Aug.  23,  iss2,a.  77       Dec.   20,  1826 

Charles  Jared,         M.  c.,d.May  14,1862,  a.  so       June    8,    1802 

Edward,  4.1841, a.  51                 Nov.   23,  1811 
'Sometimes  called  Hook,  a  Tory  Captain  in  the  British  Army. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


281 


Ingersoll,  Edward, 

Jared,  A. 

jared, 

Joseph  Reed, 

Ingham,  William  Armstrong, 
Ingle,  John, 

Ingraham,  Edward  Duffie 
Ingram,  Harlan, 

Henry  Atlee, 

Robert, 

Thomas  R. , 
Irvine,  David, 

Gerard, 

William  N., 
Izard,  Ralph  Farley, 

Jack,  Charles  James, 
Jackson,  Ebenezer, 

Evan  O., 

Isaac  Rand, 

John  Mather, 

Joseph, 

Warner, 

(Major)  William, 

William  Arthur, 
Jacobs,  Samuel  H., 
Jaggard,  Edwin  A., 
James,  William  H., 
Janney,  George, 
Janvier,  Francis  Herbert, 
Jaquett,  James  C., 

Samuel  T., 
Jarvis,  Russell, 
Jayne,  Henry  LaBarre, 
Jeffries,  John  Ellis, 
Jefferson,  George  R., 
Jenkins,  Theodore  Finley, 

William, 

Jenks,  George  Antes, 
Jenings,  Samuel, 
Jennings,  Thomas, 
Jennison,  J.  Morgan, 
Jermon,  J.  Wagner, 
Jerome,  William  Reed, 
Jeter,  Tinsley, 
Johnson,  Alfred  C., 

Baker, 


Sept.  17,  1838 

*P.J.,  d.  Oct.  31,  1822,  a.  73 

Apl.  26,  1773* 

Nov.    13,  1845 

M.   C.,  d.  Feb.  20,  /8bS,  a.  82 

June    2,    1807 

>ng> 

Jan.    27,    1855 

Mch.  16,  1838 

Id,      J.,d.  Nov.  5,  1834 

Dec.   16,  1813 

Dec.  13,  1848 

June  18,  1881 

Dec.   10,  1864 

Feb.  24,   1855 

Dec.  —  ,  1801 

Dec.   24,  1830 

Sept.  —  ,  1803 

Mch.    3,    1826 

d.  Dec.  21,  1873,  a-  74 

Nov.    8,    1821 

In  U.  S.  C.  C.,  Oct.  31,  1822 

May  29,   1824 

d.  Jan.  24,  l8bq,  a.  bS 

Oct.    4,    1852 

d.  July  27,  184:3,  a.  37 

April  4,    1832 

d.   1822 

Jan.     5,    1820 

Mch.    7,    1870 

d.  Feb.  22,  1882,  a.  40  . 

July    i,     1865 

d.  Dec.  17,  1828,  a.  70  ' 

Jun$    9,    1788 

d.  Jan.  10,  1857,  <*•  2Q 

April  17,  1851 

June    3,     1811 

June  17,   1882 

Nov.    5,    1864 

Nov.   10,  1863 

April  1  8,  1868 

June  10,  1872 

Sept.  30,  1876 

d.  Apl.  17,  1852,  a.  bo 

Dec.   30,  1837 

m 

Oct.   29,  1881 

May  29,   1821 

Oct.   29,   1870 

i 

April  30,  1870 

Lancaster  Bar 

April  —  ,  1805 

Xe-uutown 

April  1  6,  1853 

C.J.  S.  C.,  ibqi 

About   .    1686 

July  —  ,    J776 

Oct.   17,   1864 

d.  Sept.  17,  1882 

April  12,  1851 

N.  Y.  City  Bar,  1870 

April   3,    1880 

South  Bethlehem,  fa. 

Nov.    3,    1855 

April  3,    1880 

Baltimore 

June  19,  1880 

282  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Johnson,  Benjamin,  Oct.  n,  1851 

Eugene  Yeager,  Dec.  3,  1870 

John  Graver,  Feb.  7,  1863 

Ovid  Fraser,  Atty-Gen.,d.  Mch  ,1854, «.  .n  Dec.  4,  1840 

Ovid  Fraser,  From  Diuphin  Co.  May  i,  1882 

Thomas  G.,  Sept.  — ,  1801 

Wesley,  Jan.  7,  1846 

William  Francis,  Sept.  24,  1859 

Johnston,  Alexander,  Sept.    5,    1848 

Francis,                Receiver-Gen.,  d.  Feb.  22,  1815,  a.  66  Aug.    — ,    1771 

James  Fraser,               d.  Sept.  7, i8t>4,  a.  46  Oct.     3,    1842 

Samuel,                            York,  Pa.,  Bar  Oct.   9,   1754* 

xjoline,  John  Forsyth,                Camden,N.j.  April   8,    1882 

Jolly,  Thomas  Mayburry,            Norristown  Oct.    15,   1824 

Jollie,  William  L.,  Sept.  19,  1882 

Jones,  Abram  Harding,                Bristol,  Pa.  Oct.   24,   1868 

Charles  Henry,  May    5,    1863 

Edward  Tilbury,                             •  Oct.   22,   1859 

Edward  Tilbury,  Jr.,  Feb.   16,  1861 

Frank,                           See  "  Departed  Saints  of  the  Law"  Before     .     1775 

George,  Oct.    ti.   1832 

Horatio  Gates,  Jr.,  May    8,     1847 

James  L.,  Dec.   12,  1851 

JoeJ,                               Mayor,  P.J.,J.  Feb.  3,1860,  a.  t>s  July      8,       1848 

Joshua,  Jr.,  Feb.   24,   1855 

John,               Att'y  in  two  cases  in  Q.  S.,  Just  ice  in  1700  -      1685 

John,                                                    d.  before  1775  June      6,      1737 

John,  July  24,    1795 

John  Pringle,        r.j.  Berks  Co.,  d.  MC/I.,  1874  April   4,    1835 

John  Richter,  j.,Coi.s8thp.  v.,d.  May 33,1863 a. SQ  Sept.  22,  1827 

John  Richard,  Nov.    4,    1840 

Joseph  Levering,  Oct.    3,    1874 

(Rev.)  Norris  M.,  Jan.    25,   1827 

Owen,                       .y .  f .,  d.  Dec.  23, 1878,  a.  y)  April  16,  1842 

Ray  Walker,  June   15,   1878 

Richard  B. ,                   ASSO.  j.,  Norristown.  Mch.    7,    1810 

Samuel  Huntington,  Mch.  17,  1860 

Silas,  Jan.    28,    1871 

William  Hemphill,        d.Api.3o,i8So,a.t>i)  Sept.   12,1834 

Jordan,  Thomas  J.,                      Harrisburg  Sept.  20,  1843 

Judge,  Thomas  P.,  MHi.  18,  1876 

Judson,  L.  Carroll,  Oct.    22,  1836 

William  Francis,          d.  Mch.  4,1870,0.  37  June   14,   1856 

Junk,   James,                                    1  'robably  James. Smith,  of  York  Apl.    15,   1754* 

Junkin,  Charles  Irwin,  Oct.    2,    1880 

George,  Mch.  18,  1848 

Joseph  DeForrest,  June    2,    1877 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 

283 

Juvenal,  William  Watmough,  d.  Jan.  q,  1677,  a.  38 

Oct.   14,  1841 

Kane,  John  Kintzing,   y.  u.  s.  D.  c.,  d.  Feb.  21,  1858,*.  (33 

April   8,    1817 

Robert  Patterson, 

Sept.    8,    1849* 

Thomas  Lei  per,  Bvt.  M.  c.  v.,  ci'ku.s.D.  c.,i8fl 

Mch.    4,    1846 

Katz,  Charles  W., 

Mch.  26,  1870 

Kauffman,  Percival  C.,               Harrisburg 

June  14,  1879 

Kay,  Andrew  T., 

June  19,   1880 

Charles  Rogers,            d.  Oct.2,i8&i,a.t>s 

Dec.   22,  1838 

James  Alfred, 

Nov.  19,  1859 

Kealsh,  William  J., 

NOV.    22,     1867 

Keating,   James,1                          d.  1741,  Chester  Co.  Records 

In.  prac.  1736 

John,   Jr.  ,                                d.  July  27,  1824,  a.  2b 

Dec.   24,  1818 

Joseph  Percy, 

Oct.    5,    1878 

William  Hippolyte,     d.  May  17,  1840,  a.  41 

May    3,     1834 

Keator,  John  Frisbee, 

June  14,  1879 

Keemle,  Samuel,2                    d.juiy  20,1847,0.60 

Oct.     2,    1811 

Keely,  Thomas  Mortimer, 

Oct.   19,   1878 

Keenan,  Edward  L., 

Mch.  16,  1865 

Francis, 

Sept.  17,  1858 

Keen,  Barton  L., 

Oct.   20,   1877 

Keene,  George  Frederick, 

June  13,  1868 

Henry  Edgar,              d.  June  23,  i&jj,  a.  st> 

Dec.   17,  1849 

Keim,  George  May,                d.  June  w,  i8bi,  a.  57 

June    5,    1826 

Henry  May,                           Reading 

Feb.    3,    1866 

Newton, 

Dec.    6,    1873 

Keith,  Alexander  Henry,   rf.  1742,  New  Castle,  Delaware 

Feb.   23,  1731 

Charles  Penrose, 

Nov.    3,    187.7 

Kelley,  Frank. 

Jan.     5,     1878 

William, 

Mch.    2,    1878 

William  Darrah,            /.,  c.  P.  <&=  M.  c. 

April  17,  1841 

William  Darrah,  Jr., 

Nov.  30,  1878 

Kelly,  Amos  Jones, 

May    3,     1856 

Edward  Smith, 

Mch.  17,  1860 

James,                           M.  c.,  d.  Feb.  4,  1819 

Aug.   n,  1790 

John  Linus, 

Feb.    2,    1878 

Kendall,   Otis  Howard,  Asst.  Prof.  Math  ,  University  Pa. 

Sept.  20,  1869 

Kendlehart,  John  L.,                     Adams  Co. 

Nov.    i,    1879 

Kennaday,  John  R., 

June    6,    1849 

Kennedy,  Clarence, 

June  1  8,  1  88  1 

David, 

Mch.  13,  1804 

Francis  Wright,          Pres't  Spring  Garden  Bank 

June  30,  1866 

Henry  A.,                    d.  Oct.  23,  isso,a.  24 

Dec.    2,    1878 

John,                               J.,  S.  C.,  d.  Aug.  26,  1846,  a.  73 

July  —  ,    1799 

Joseph  P., 

May   3,     1879 

S.  Ridgeway, 

Sept.  21,  1868 

1  A  Barrister  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  first  admitted  at  New  Castle,  Delaware. 

2  Keehmle  originally ;  changed  by  Act  of  Assembly. 


284 


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d.  Aug.  2(),  18 jo 
Author 


Kennedy,  Roberto, 

William  McCalla,         d.  Apt.  is,  1882,  a.  so 
Kenton,  Israel}.,  d.juiys,  1830,  a.  30 

'Keppele,  George  Henry, 

Michael,  Mayor,  d.  Feb.  2,  /&?/,  a.  & 

Ker,  William  Wilson,          "  Special  Ass' t  Atty-Gen.  U.  S." 
Kerlin,   John,    .  Chester,  d.  May  19,  1847,  a.  54 

Kerr,  Isaac, 

Kershaw,  John  Glenhome,      d.  Feb.  s,  fSSj,  a.  73 

Ketcham,  William  H., 

Keys,  Brandon  Leonard, 

Keyser,  Charles  Shearer, 

Kidd,  John, 

Kilgore,  Damon  Young, 

Kimball,  Benjamin, 

Kimber,  Thomas  William, 

William, 
King,  Edward,  P.J.,  d.  May  8,1873,  a  So 

Henry  Thomas,  aty  Solicitor,  1858 

James  Nicols, 
Kingston,  Henry  T., 
Kinley,  James  Brooks, 
Kinne/John  B.,  d.  Mch.  13, 1883 

KillSey,   Henry,  See  "  Departed  Saints  of 'the  Law" 

James,  C.  J.  o/N.  J. ,  d.  Jan.  4, 1802,  a.  60 

James, 

Johll,  C.J.,d  May  10,  1750,  a.  S7 

John  Lippincott, 
Kintzing,  William  F., 

Kirkham,  Charles,  d.  Mch.  24, 1848,  a.  31 

Kisselman,  Charles,  Burlington,  N.J. 

Kittera,  John  Wilkes,         M.  c.,d.  June  s,  iSoi,  a.  48 

Thomas,  M.  C.,  d.  June  16, 1831),  a.  Jo 

Kline,  William  Ottinger, 
Klinges,  John  Peter, 
Klopp,  Charles  Jacob, 
Kneass,  Christian, 

Horn  Riley,  d.  Dec.  12,  i8br 

Horn  Riley,  Jr., 
Knight,  Edward  D., 

George  W., 

Robert  B., 

John  L.,  0fWabashCo.,lnd. 

Knittel,  Charles, 

Knowles,  Charles  Rutherford,       Colorado 

Knox,  David  C., 

John  C.,  Atty-Gen.  &>J.  S.  C,  d.  Aug.  28, 1880 


April  2,  1870 
June  23,  1824 
Sept.  24,  1825 
June  2,  1795 
Sept.  1 8,  1792 
Oct.  23,  1869 
Dec.  12,  1815 
Oct.  — ,  1800 
Sept.  6,  1858 
June  2,  1846 
Mch.  n,  1882 
June  17,  1848 
April  — ,  1792 
Dec.  18,  1866 
Sept.  16,  1867 
May  10,  1879 
Sept.  6,  1824 
May  30,  1816 
April  10,  1852 
April  9,  1859 
Feb.  24,  1872 
Feb.  ii,  1882 
Feb.  i,  1879 
Before  .  1775 
Oct.  10,  1753* 
Sept.  2,  1816 
About  .  1724 
Sept.  30,  1871 
Sept.  7,  1863 
Sept.  1 8,  1838 
Feb.  3,  1803 
Dec.  — ,  1782 
Mch.  8,  1808 
Feb.  10,  1826 
Dec.  5,  1874 
June  5,  1875 
Mch.  4,  1863 
Sept.  14,  1833 
Dec.  n,  1869 
Oct.  n,  1851 
May  n,  1850 
Jan.  24,  1835 
Dec.  20,  1871 
Sept.  29,  1877 
June  30,  1877 
April  28,  1810 
In  prac.  1858 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


285 


Knox,  John  C.,  Jr.,  Jan.    18,    1868 

Joseph  Jewell,  June  18,  1881 

Koehler,  Edwin  Forrest,  <t.  Aug .zi.iSbb,  a. 36  Oct.  15,  1853 

Kohler,  Martin  Luther,  June  3,  1876 

Kollock,  George  Jones,  Oct.  n,  1832 

Sheppard,  d.  Lewes,  Dei.,  before  Aug.  8, 1758  Before  .  1758 

Kratz,  Cornelius  Tyson,  Sept.  21,  1874 

Kreider,  Frederick  C.,  June  16,  1841 

Henry,  Jr.,  Sept.  9,  1848 

Krickbaum,  George  Rose,  Police  Magistrate  Dec.  8,  1860 

Krider,  Richard  C.,  Nov.  19,  1844 

Krumbhaar,  Charles  Hermann,  July  10,  1869 

Kuhlemeier,  Edward  W.,  Sept.  30,  1882 

Kuhn,  Charles,  Jr.,  July  8,  1843 

Hartman,  Feb.  16,  1839 

Kutz,  Henry  C.,  Oct.  24,  1850 

Lacy,  Barnet  W.,  May  12, 

Ernest,  July    i, 

William  M.,  July    2, 

Ladd,  Samuel,  Mch.    3, 

Lake,  Richard,  Mch.   9, 

Laird,  William  W.,  Deo.  — , 

Lagen,  Charles  A.,  Feb.  25, 

Lambert,  Edward  Coles,  Mch.   7, 

Frederick  James,  Oct.    15, 

John,  Feb.   15, 

LambertOn,   Robert  A.,       President   Lehigh    University         Mcll.    23, 

Lamorelle,  Joseph  F.,  Oct.   16, 

Lancaster,  Charles,  d.  Aug.  8, 1844,  a. 31            Dec.   12, 

Francis  A.,          Coi.nsthp.y.,kiiiedMay3,i8b3  April  1 8, 

Landis,  Charles  Kline,  4                          Oct.    6, 

Landreth,  Lucius  Scott,  June  19, 

Landy,  John  Henry,  Nov.    6, 

Lane,  John  Q. ,  of  Ohio                    Sept.  20, 

William  Brashear,  Nov.   n, 

William  Steele,  Feb.    i, 

Lang,  James  T.,  June  19, 

Lansdale,  Edward  V.,  Mch.  24, 

William  Moylan,  Oct.    10, 

Latimer,  (Rev.)  George  Allen,  Mch.   8, 

James,  d.  Mch.  q,  1845,  a.  71  NOV.    , 

Joseph  B.,  June  26, 

Thomas,  Oct.  4, 

Latta,  James  William,  Bvt.  u.  Col.  u.s.  v.,Adj-Gen.  Pa.  April  18, 

John  Ewing,  d.  NOV.  id,  /86S,  a.  54  Dec.  27, 

Laurance,  John,  j.  u.  s.  D.  c.,  New  York,  1794     June    7, 

37 


1866 
1882 
1881 
1823 

1793 
1801 
1871 
1844 
1881 
1845 
1857 
1880 
1842 
1861 
1852 
1880 
1871 
1870 
1876 
1868 
1880 
1866 
1863 
1851 

1794 
1852 
1838 
1860 
1852 
1780 


286 


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Brutal,  Pa. 

Adm.  in  S.  C.,  Sept.  term, 
See  Chester  Co.  Bar 


d.  Oct.  29,  7797,  a.  so 


Laussat,  Antony,  Jr.,        Author, d.  NOV. 2,1833, a. as 

Law,   Edward,  Dro^vned,  Oct.  s,  t88r.  a. 34 

Edward  Ellenborough, 

Octavius  Augustus, 

Philip  Howard, 
Lawrance,  Edward  Shinn, 
Lawrence,  Henry  R., 

James, 

John, 

John,  Jr.. 

Laycock,  John  Charles, 
Lea,  Matthew  Carey, 
Leach,  Frank  Willing, 

H.  Sanford, 

Josiah  Granville, 
Learning,  Jacob  Spicer, 

Thomas, 
Leary,  Albert  G., 

Edward, 

Lechler,  Ambrose  A., 
Leavenworth,  Minor  T. , 
Lederer,  Ephraim, 
Ledyard,  William  Wallace, 
Lee,  Alfred,  Jr., 

Charles,  Atty-Gen.  U.  S.,  d.  June  24,  1815,  a.  S7 

David  B., 
Horace  M., 
James  D., 
Richard  Cloyd, 

(Col.)  Robert  M. ,    Recorder,  d.  Sept.  i,  1863,  a.  s& 

Robert  M.,  Jr., 

Thomas, 

Leech,  William  Albert,  Bvt.  B.  G.  v.,d.juiyzo,  1870,0.38 
Leedom,  Joseph, 
Leeds,  Daniel  Lake, 
Lefferts,  John, 

Lehman,  William  Eckhardt,  M.  c. 

Leib,  James  Ronaldson,   u.  s.  Com.  to  Greece, s>c.,d.  1839 

John  Lewis,     J.  U.  S.  D.  C.,  d.  Detroit,  Apl.  id,  1838 

Lei  per,  Thomas,  d.  API.  //,  /&?/,  a.  34 

Leland,  Charles  Godfrey,       Author  and  Editor 
Lennig,  Thompson, 
Lentz,  Edwin  Augustus, 
Leonard,  Frederick  M., 
Lesley,  Alexander, 
Robert  W., 
Letchworth,  Albert  Stepney, 


Feb.  i,  1827 
Sept.  28,  1872 
June  18,  1825 
Sept.  14,  1 86 1 
Mch.  8,  1862 
June  2,  1847 
Mch.  7,  1859 
May  6,  1871 
About  .  1731 
Aug.  — ,  1772 
May  30,  1840 
Sept.  12,  1846 
Mch.  31,  1877 
May  3,  1879 
Mch.  17,%  1866 
June  8,  1875 
July  17,  1779 
June  3,  1835 
Aug.  29,  1835 
July  9,  1870 

Oct.     22,     1831 

Feb.    3,    1883 

Oct.       2r      1858 

Dec.  24,  1875 

June  — ,  1794 

May  29,  1826 

Dec.  21,  1859 

Feb.  15,  1868 

Nov.  4,  1882 

May  25,  1829 

Dec.  21,  1859 

May  22,  1820 

May  8,  1858 

Sept.  21,  1874 

Jan.  18,  1862 

Mch.  23,  1867 

June  22,  1844 

Oct.  27,  1830 

July  7.  1795 
Mch.  10,  1849 
May  6,  1851 
Nov.  1 6,  1867 
Mch.  6,  1850 
June  19,  1882 
April  27,  1872 
Feb.  i,  1879 
May  2,  1849 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


287 


d.  Jan.  25,  1880 

Northumberland  Co. 

P.  J. ,  d.  May  q,  7826,  a.  70 

d.  Dec.  13, 1831,  a.  65 


Levin,  Lewis  Charles,  M.  c.  &>  Editor,  d.  Mck.  14,1860,0.52 

Levi,  Myer  A., 

Levick,  William  M.,  d.  June  to,  1874,  a.  53 

Levis,  Ezra, 

Levy,  Daniel, 

Moses, 

Sampson, 
Lewis,  Alfred  E. 

A.  Nelson, 

Ellis,  d.  Apt.  24, 1858,  a.  bi 

Francis  Albert,  Jr. ,  Author 

Francis  Draper, 

James,  Maj.  U.  S.  Marines,  d.  Feb.  is,  1876 

John  Dickinson,  Uf  African  descent 

John  Frederick, 

Joseph  Jackson,  Chester   Co.,  Pa. 

Lawrence,  Jr.,  Author 

Lorenzo, 

Saunders, 

StOcker,  d.  Dec.  6,  1841,  a.  22 

William,  J.,  d.  Aug.  20,  r8ig 

(Rev.)  William  Phillips, 
Lex,  Charles  Edwin,  d.  May  it>,  1872,  a.  60 

Charles  Edwin,  Jr., 

William  Henry, 
Lieder,  Alexander  J.  B., 
Lincoln,  Charles  Shippen, 
Lind,  John  Horace, 
Linde,  Charles  Frederick, 
Lindsay,  George  Brooke, 

John, 

Lippincott,  Henry  Clay, 
Lippman,  Joseph, 
Lisle,  Richard  Mason, 
List,  Christopher, 
Lister,  Charles  Clayton, 
Littell,  Charles  Willing, 
Little,  James  Henry, 

William, 

Littleton,  William  Edmund, 
Livezey,  Henry, 

Livingood,  William  Henry,         Reading,  Pa. 
Lloyd,  David,  c.  j. ,  d.  API.  b,  1731,  a.  7s 

Frank  Tilghman, 

Henry  Albert,  Doyiestown 

Joseph, 

Peter  Zachary,  See  Chester    Co.  Bar 


Clerk  U.  S.  D.  C. 


Chester 


Chicago 
Lieut.  U.  S.  Navy 


About  .  1840 
Feb.  i,  1873 
Feb.  19,  1861 
June  2,  1849 
Feb.  9,  1791* 
Mch.  19,  1778 
June  9,  1787 
Nov.  26,  1864 
June  18,  1881 
April  8,  1819 
June  19,  1880 
May  28,  1872 
Before  .  1855 
Feb.  26,  1876 
April  i,  1882 
Oct.  5,  1837 
Dec.  20,  1879 
May  29,  1827 
Sept.  5,  1836 
Dec.  16,  1840 
Nov.  — ,  1773 
Feb.  9,  1850 
Sept,  i,  1834 
Nov.  30,  1878 
Feb.  8,  1873 
July  i,  1882 
Feb.  5,  1848 
Dec.  4,  1875 
Oct.  30,  1880 
May  12,  1879 
June  21,  1859 
May  13,  1865 
June  14,  1879 
April  8,  1882 
June  6,  1842 
Dec.  5,  1864 
Dec.  29,  1855 
Dec..  13,  1856 
Dec.  4,  1847 
Mch.  15,  1861 
Mch.  17,  1873 
Sept.  27,  1873 
Aug.  16,  1686 
April  29,  1882 
Oct.  7,  1871 
Dec.  7,  1803 
Aug.  — ,  1772 


288 


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d.  Jan.  Q,  i8b8,  a.  41 

Pottsville 

C.  J. ,  d.  jfst  loth  mo. ,  1751 
P.  J. ,  Westmoreland 


d.  Mch.  3,  1883,  a.  32 


Frampton  v.  the  Sheriff,  Q.  S. 


Lloyd,  Samuel, 
Lockwood,  Charles  L., 
Loeser,  Christopher, 
Logan,  James, 

James  Addison, 

Robert  Melville, 
Logue,  Edward  J., 
Long,  John  Luther, 
Longenecker,  Jerome, 
Longstreth,  Alfred, 

John  Cooke, 

Thomas  Kimber, 
Loose,  William  K., 
Lord,  Edward, 
Loughead,  Joseph  Pfeiffer,    d.  NOV.  /?,  1878,0,.  34 
Loughlin,  Henry  Clay, 
Loughridge,  John  A., 
Love,  Benjamin, 

William  Edgar, 
Lovett,  Thomas  Robert, 

George  Sidney, 
Lowber,  Henry  Sergeant, 

John,  A  cousin  of  J.  C.  L. 

John   Cole,  d.  May  3,  1834,  a.  45 

Lowengrund,  Ernst, 

Lowery,  Dwight  M., 

Lowry,  Benjamin  Howard, 

Lowther,  George,  Atty-Gen.o/pa.,i7os 

Luckenbach,  William  David,       Aiientown 

Ludlow,  James  Riley,  P.J.  O/C.P.,LL.D. 

David  Hunt, 

Richaijd, 
Lukins,  James, 
Luther,  George, 
Luse,  Jonathan  E., 
Lyle,  Franklin  Lee, 
Lyman,  Theodore  Patrick  Henry, 
Lynch,  Patrick  Henry, 
Lynd,  James,  J.,  d.  June 30, 1876,  a.  so 

James  F., 
Lyon,  Alexander, 

John, 

John, 


d.  June  s,  '874 
d.  Charleston,  S.  C.,  Mch.  3,  1774 


May  2,  1849 

Dec.  31,  1874 

Sept.  5,  1831 

Here  in  1699 

Oct.  1 6,  1880 

Mch.  7,  1838 

Nov.  n,  1882 

Oct.  29,  1881 

June  24,  1876 

Oct.  17,  1856 

Sept.  5,  1850 

Oct.  3,  1874 

Sept.  3,  1861 


MacBride,  Agnew, 
Macauley,  James  Francis, 
MacCain,  James  Penn, 


d.  Feb.  S,  /Sjo,  a.  37 


Feb.  5,  1848 

Dec.  6,  1879 

Dec.  i,  1871 

Oct.  16,  1841 

Jan.  13,  1877 

May  7,  1845 

Jan.  7,  1846 

June  5,  1848 

Sept.  10,  1825 

Mch.  S,  1809 

Jan.  3,  1880 

June  29,  1876 

Nov.  n,  1876 

About  .  1 705 

Jan.  25,  1868 

July  24,  1846 

Jan.  24,  1880 

June  14,  1856 

About  .  1771 

Oct.  i,  1832 

May  28,  1872 

April  5,  1879 

May  24,  1841 

July  3,  1880 

April  n,  1849 

June  26,  1875 

Sept.  — ,  1805 

April  — ,  1799 

Mch.  — ,  1803 

Oct.  7,  1882 

NOV.  22,  1836 

May  13,  1871 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


289 


MacCalla,  Clifford  Paynter,  Sept.  25,  1858 

Maceuen,  Charles,  Jan.  8,-  1842 

Malcom,  d.  Apt.  23,  1875,  a.  44  May  6,  1854 
Mac Veagh,  Wayne,  Atty-Gen.u.s.,adm.inU.s.D.c.  Aug.  23,  1861 

Mackey,  F.  H.,  April  13,  1878 

Mackenzie,  John  F.,  Oct.  28,  1876 
Macpherson,  John,  Jr.,  Killed  at  Quebec,  Dec.  31, 1775  Oct.  8,  1773* 

McAdam,  William  Robert,  July  9,  1870 

William  Robert,  Jr.,  Feb.  25,  1871 

McAfee,  John  B.,  Nov.  4,  1882 

McAllister,  Charles  Joseph,  May  7,  1864 

Matthew,  Savannah,  Ga.  June    ,     1782 

Wardale  Gaskill,         d.  Sept.  22, 1874,  a.  44  July    6,     1850 

McArthur,  James  Wilson,  Oct.    13,  1866 

McAtee,  Benjamin  F.,  May    2,     1874 

McAuliffe,  William  J.,  June  29,  1878 

McCabe,  Edward,                   d.  Dec.  4,1877, a.  42  Oct.   n,  1856 

George  H.,  Dec.   29,  1866 

McCaffrey,  John  B.,  Nov.    3,    1877 

John  Carroll,  June  30,  1877 

John  Joseph,  Oct.    8,     1881 

McCall,  Evan  Jones,                   d.  Sept.  21, 1877  Direct'ry  1846 

Henry,  Jr.,                      " Harry McCaii"  Oct.   21,    1843 

John  Cadwalader,1       d.  Oct. 3,  i8^>,  a.  53  Dec.    i,    1815 

John  Gibson,         u.  s.  Consul  to  Mexico,  d.  1848     Oct.   28,   1826 

Peter,                                Mayor,  d.  Oct.  30, 1880,  a.  73  Nov.      I,      1830 

Richard,  d.  seje.  7, 1831,  a.  51  Oct.  18,  1802 

McCammon,  Joseph  Kay,  Ass't  u.  s.  Atty-Gen.  Feb.  6,  1869 

McCandless,  William,  Coi.3istp.v.  May  7,  1859 

McCann,  Charles  Francis,  June  24,  1876 

McCarthy,  Henry  Jefferson,  Nov.  17,  1866 

John  Knox,  June  2,  1877 

McCartney,  Hugh  James,  d.juiyiq.issz.a^z  June  18,  1881 

McCauley,  William  G.,  May  19,  1866 

McClees,  Henry  L.,  Dec.  31,  1874 

McClure,  Alexander  Kelly,  Editor  of  Pkiiada.  rimes  Jan.  n,  1869 

Oliver  Campbell,                Delaware  Co.  Nov.    9,    1878 

Robert.  June  — ,  1798 

McCollin,  Edward  Garrett,  •  June  18,  1880 

McCool,  J.  Addison,  Mch.  3,  1857 

McCorkle,  Chandler  Price,  d.  Feb.  14,  tSjo,  a.  29  Nov.  13,  1841 

McCormick,  Edward  Payson,  Feb.  19,  1881 

Thomas  Bernard,  Jan.    29,   1876 

McCormack,  Henry  C.,  Oct.    12,  1844 

McCouch,  Harry  Gordon,  Oct.     5,    1878 

McCoy,  John  A.,  Nov.   15,  1843 

1  Author  of  "  The  Troubadour." 


290 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


d.jan.  15,  1823 


d.  Feb.  6,  1874,  a.  & 
d.  Oct.  4,  1877,  «•  w 
d.  NOV.  IB,  1857,  a.  j6 


Mch.  12,  1877,  a.  4s 


July 

Sept. 

May 

Dec. 

April 

Dec. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Mch. 

Nov. 

Jan. 

June 

June 

June 

Feb. 

Sept. 

Dec. 


i, 
25, 
6, 
i, 
3, 
13, 
9, 
16, 
23, 
24, 
21, 
10, 
8, 
6, 
8, 
3, 
17, 
10, 
7, 
24, 


McCoy,  Jones  B.,  Direct'ry  1799 

McCrea,  Henry,  Oct.   24,    1854 

McCready,  Thomas,  April  20 

McCullen,  Joseph  P., 
McCullough,  John  Griffith,        New  York  aty 

Matthew  Simpson, 

William, 

McCully,  Thomas, 
McDermott,  Edward  T., 

John, 

McDevitt,  John  F., 
McDonald,  Alexander  Allen, 

John  Allan, 

McDonough,  James  V., 
McDowell,  Thomas  C., 
McElroy,  Thomas  E., 

William  J., 
McEwen,  Charles, 
McFadden,  Charles,  Jr., 

Frederick  M., 

John  P., 

Theodore, 

McGann,  (Rev.)  Byron  Moore, 
McGehen,  David, 

McGeoghegan,  John  V.,  from  Chester,  j'a.  Sept.  24,  1870 

McGeorge,  William,  Jr.,  .          April  30,  1870 

McGlathery,  Thomas  Davis,  Jan.   12,    1878 

McGlaughlin,  John  H.,  June    6,    1850 

McGovern,  Francis  P.,  Mch.  29,  1873 

McGowan,  George,  June   13,  1868 

McGrath,  Robert  Hunter,  June    6,    1859 

McHugh,  Charles  P.,  d.  Apt.  8,7878,  a.  j/  May    6,     1871 

Mcllhenny,  Francis,  Dec.  —  ,  1801 

William,  Jr.,1  d.i8s4,n-7s  Dec.    2,    1800 

Mcllvaine,  Bloomfield,  d.  Aug.  18,  1826,  a.  30  Jan.    12,    1818 

Henry,  d.  Sept.  14,  rsjr  Dec.    19,  1826 

Joseph,  Recorder,  d.  Jan.  ib,  1838,  a.  38       Oct.      3,      1  82  1 

Mcllwee,  Alexander,  Jr.,  Oct.     8,    1870 

Mclntyre,  Henry,  t.  Ireland  Oct.   28,   1854 

John  Henry,  Nov.    6,    1880 

John,  b.  Scotland,  d.  May  ib,  1870,  a.  38     Feb.      4,      1  843 

James,  Ca.pt.  nsthpa.  Vok.,d.  1883  Sept.  17,  1866 

Samuel  Maxwell,  Jan.  31,  1874 

McKean,  Joseph  Borden,  Atty-Gen.,d.sept.  3,1826,  a.  t>j  Sept.  10,  1785 

Joseph  Kirkbride,         d.  Feb.  ab,  tsib,  a.  23  May  24,  1813 

Thomas,2  LL.D.,*.  June  24,  1877,0.84  In  prac.  1754 

1  Librarian  of  the  Atheneum  of  Philadelphia  for  many  years. 

2  Governor,  Chief  Justice,  and  a  Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 


1852 

1882 

1858 

1868 

1837 

1880 

1838 

1852 

1867 

1824' 

1824 

1863 

1868 

1858 

1850 

1842 

1882 

1882 

1882 

1849 

1853 

1789 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


291 


McKeehan,  Charles  Watson, 

Joseph  Hamlin, 
McKenna,  Joseph  George, 
McKibbon,  John, 
McKinlay,  John  Stewart, 
McKinley,  Alexander, 
McLaughlin,  Daniel, 
McLaurin,  Samuel  Hume, 
McLoughlin,  Edward  D., 
McMahon,  Thomas  P., 
McMicbael,  Charles  Barnsley, 

Morton,  LL.D., 

William,  •<• 

McMiller,  Henry, 
McMullan,  William  J., 
McMurtrie,  Richard  Coxe, 
McNemara,  Thomas, 
McNeille,  Robert  G.  S., 
McPherran,  George  W., 
McPherson,  Isaac, 
McQuiggan,  John  Henry, 
McShane,  Francis, 

Robert, 

Maddock,  Thomas  Hall, 
Magaw,  Algernon  Sydney, 

Robert,1 
Magee,  Christopher, 

Frank  Hamilton, 

Horace, 
Magill,  Edward  Walter, 

Jacob, 

Maginn,  James  Vincent, 
Maguire,  Francis, 
Mahany,  James  A., 
Maher,  Thomas,  Jr., 
Mahon,  James  D., 
Mahony,  Charles  Alfred, 
Maitland,  Joseph, 
Mallery,  Edward  G., 

Garrick,  P.J., 

Garrick,  Jr.,  Bvt.  Lt.  (. 

Pierce  Butler, 
Maloney,  Andrew  Jackson, 

Charles  A., 
Man,  Abraham, 

Edward  A.  S., 

1Col.  5th  Pa.,  Revolutionary  Army;  History  of  Chester,  177. 


1, 

Oct.   26, 

1872 

d.  July  31,  187(3,  a.  27 

May  27, 

1871 

Jaa.   25, 

1879 

d.  May  27,  i8ji,  a.  29 

Feb.   15, 

1845 

Nov.   26, 

1870 

d.  Aug.  27,  1874,  a.  57 

Oct.    5, 

1844 

Oct.    5, 

1825 

d.  Nov.  27,  1870 

Feb.   22,* 

1858 

Nov.*  n, 

1865 

d.  Aug.  30,  1831 

July  29, 

1825 

ey> 

May  25, 

1872 

Editor,  d.Jan.  b,  1879,  a.  71 

April  3, 

1827 

\ss't  Atty-Gen.   £/.  S.;  <Srtr. 

Mch.  18, 

1865 

Norristown 

Nov.   1  8, 

1871 

April  1  6, 

i853 

Nov.    12, 

1840 

About    . 

1708 

Feb.   17, 

1866 

Nov.   13, 

1863 

Mch.    8, 

1800 

June    3, 

1876 

b.  Philadelphia,  7779 

Mch.    i, 

1802 

b.  Philadelphia,  1780 

Dec.   26, 

1803 

Kansas 

Mch.  20, 

1852 

d  Feb.  29,  1823,  a.  46 

Mch.    5, 

1799 

Carh'sie,  d.  Jan.,  7790 

Apl  term  i 

769* 

Pittsburg 

Dec.   18, 

1852 

June  15, 

1878 

Oct.   17, 

1868 

June    6, 

1881 

Mch.  5, 

1859 

Chester 

June  27, 

1874 

May    5, 

1855 

d.  Sept.  6,  1828 

Jan.    9, 

1815 

Nov.  26, 

1870 

Nov.  1  8, 

1865 

Nov.   1  6, 

1869 

Oct.    10, 

1846 

Mch.    6, 

1846 

Northampton,  d.  July  6,  iSbb 

Nov.   5, 

1836 

'ol.  &  Capt.  U.  S.  A.,  retired 

April  30, 

1853 

Dec.   21, 

1836 

Mch.  1  6, 

1867 

Nov.    1  6, 

1869 

New-Castle 

Before   . 

1682 

New  York 

Jan.   i  8, 

1868 

292 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Manderson,  Andrew  H.,  d.  /8ss, a. 33                 May    5, 

William  A.,  Nov.    7, 

Manley,  Reuben,  Jr.,  <i.  Ne™  York,  May  zo,  1880        Feb.   15, 

Mann,  Benjamin  Garner,  d.  Jan.  21,1883,  a.  te            April   9, 

Benson,  Feb.     i, 

Charles  Naylor,  June    3, 

Harold,  June  30, 

'   William  Benson,  Coi.3istP.y.,cierkc.p.        Nov.   27, 

Manners,' John  S.,  June  28, 

Mans,  Charles,  Oct.     9, 

Marcer,  Joseph  Favinger,  Late  aty  Treasurer            Feb.    9, 

Marcy,  Jared  Clifton,  Jan.     5, 

Marker,  Albert  W.,  Oct.   15, 

Markland,  John  Henry,  d.  Dec.  23,  i8tx>,  a.  jo            Nov.    18, 

Markley,   Philip  S.,  Norrisiown,Atty-Gen.&>M.C., 1823-27     Mch.     II, 

Markoe,  Francis,  Jr.,  Sept.   12, 

James,  April  19, 

Marsh,  Moses  Chandler,  d.  Aug.,  1872,0.32             Nov.    8. 

Marshall,  Isaac  R.,  June    3, 

James,  June  17, 

John  A.,  Nov.   27, 

William  Lamborn,  Oct.   26, 

Martin,  Jacob,  Jr.,  Dec.   22, 

James  Kellum,  April  17, 

Jay  Willis,  June  14, 

John  A.,  April  20, 

John   Hill,  See  History  of  Chester, 334           Nov.     12, 

John  William,  Jr.,  June  18, 

Ralph,  Oct.  — , 

Dr.  William,1  d.  Sept.  28, 1798,  a. 33            Mch.  24, 

William  Henry,  d.  Mck.q,  1882, a. 32             Nov.    5, 

Marvin,  Edwin  C.,  May  26, 

Mason,  Calvin,  d.  York,  Pa.                  Dec.   16, 

Joseph,  July   14, 

Samuel  R.,  June  23, 

Massey,  Louis  Conrad,  Dec.    5, 

Masson,  Edward  Horatio,  Chicago                     May    6, 

Matchin,  George  W.,  schuyikm-Haven                Oct.    4, 

Mather,  John,  Lancaster  Bar,  d.  Chester,  Sept. ,  776.7      In    prac. 

Mathews,  Charles  Henry,  Nov.    2, 


1794 


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1815 
1866 
1866 
1874 
1865 
1848 
1742 
1867 


*Dr.  William  Martin,  my  grandfather,  graduated  as  Bachelor  of  Medicine  at 
the  University  of  Philadelphia,  in  1786.  My  father,  William  Martin,  was 
admitted  to  the  Bar  of  Delaware  Co.,  Pa.,  July  23,  1821,  and  my  great-grand- 
father, John  Crosby,  was  an  Associate  Judge  of  the  Courts  of  Delaware  County 
from  1799  to  1821.  See  Martin's  History  of  Chester,  pp.  331,  333,  466  and 
474.  And  Judge  Crosby's  grandfather,  also  named  John  Crosby,  was  a  Justice 
of  the  Courts  of  Chester  County,  Pa.,  from  1723  to  1745,  and  Presiding  Justice 
from  Jan.  7,  1745,  to  May  19,  1749.  Se&an/e,  pp.  156,  159,  &c. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


293 


Mathieu,  Henry  Andrew,  Oct.   30,   1880 

Matile,  George  Augustus,          Washington,  D.  c.  Dec.    6,    1856 

Matlack,  Charles,  Feb.    24,   1872 

Robert  K.,  Sept.  30,  1826 

Matthews,  Theodore  Peterson,  Feb.     3,    1872 

Maull,  John  Troubat,  Dec.   29,  1838 

Maultaby,  John,  <t.  1758  Before  .    1758 

Maury,  Austin  C.,  Nov.  26,  1870 

Maxwell,  Henry  D.,  p.j.,Easton  May  25,   1844 

Robert  Douglass,  Sept.  20,  1875 

William,  Oct.   — ,    1800 

May,  William  L.,  Feb.   25,   1871 

Maybin,  Joseph  Anthony,  Oct.     2,    1816 

Mayer,  Andrew,  Mch.  13,  1875 

Frederick  William,         d.  1837,  a.  22  July    2,     1836 

Maynard,  John  C.,  Oct.   22,   1857 

Mayne,  William  C.,  •  Dec.   31,   1881 

Mays,  Samuel  V.,  d.  Nov.  17, 1875,  a. 32  Oct.    19,    1867 

Meany,  Daniel  B.,  Capt.  u.s.  VoU.  Nov.   20,  1869 

Meason,  Thomas,  d. Mch.  10,1813,  a.  37  Jan.    8,     1800 

Mecaskey,  (Rev.)  John  Wesley,  Oct.     3,    1842 

Meehan,  John  A.,  April  16,  1859 

Megargee,  Alonzo,  Feb.    9,    1854 

Sylvester  Edwin,  Mch.   5,    1870 

Mehaffey,  John  Bayard  McPherson,  Dec.  30,   1871 

Meier,  Robert  A.,  June  14,   1879 

Meigs,  William  Montgomery,  Jan.    4,     1879 

Melcher,  Charles  Henry,  Mch.  14,  1868 

Melick,  Leoni,  Dec.   29,  1877 

Mellen,  Robert,  Mch.    7,    1839 

Mellors,  Joseph,  Jan.   29,    1876 

Meminger,  Thomas,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  Aug.  — ,  1786 

Mench,  Edmund  Andrews,    d.Nov.2b,i&b2,a.32  Oct.   n,  -1851 

Mendenhall,  Luther,  Sept.  17,  1866 
Mercer,  (Rev.)  Alexander  G. ,  d. N.  Y.,Nm,.3,  rss^a.M    May  21 ,    1840 

George  Gluyas,  June  30,   1877 

Henry  C.,  Nov.    10.  1881 

Joseph  S.,  Feb.    9,    1853 

Mercur,  James  Watts,  Dec.   13,   1879 

Merchant,  Thomas  Edward,  Jan.    29,    1870 

Meredith,  Joseph  Dennie,         d.  Dec.  30,1876  May  18,    1867 

Jonathan,  Baltimore,  d.  Feb.  25,  1872,  a.  87     June      2,      1805 

Samuel  Ogden,  Nov.    3,    1827 

William,  d.  Sept.  26,1844,  «•  73  Sept.  — ,  1795 

William,  Oct.     i,    1860 

William  Morris,1          d.  Aug.  17,1873,1.74  Dec.    16,  1817 

1  Attorney-General  of  Pennsylvania,  Secretary  of  the  U.  S.  Treasury,  1849. 
38 


294 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Meredith,  William  Morris, 
Merrill,  John  Houston, 
Mervine,  William  McKinley, 
Merwin,  Miles, 
Messchert,  Huizinga, 

Matthew  Huizinga, 
Messick,  William  P., 
Metzgar,  George, 
Meyer,  Adolph, 

Charles  W.,  Jr., 
Meyers,  Charles, 
Michener,  Edwin  Oscar, 

John  Grigg, 

Mickle,  Isaac,  Camden, 

Middleton,  Arthur, 
Mifflin,  Henry  J., 

John' Francis,    ' 

Samuel  Lee, 

William  Paul, 
Miles,  James  Lawrence, 

John, 

John,  Re 

Miller,  Andrew, 
Alfred  S., 
Benjamin, 
Charles,  Jr., 
Charles,  E., 
Charles  Robert, 
Clements  Stocker, 
Ephraim  Augustus, 
Elihu  Spencer, 
Elihu  Spencer, 
Marcellus, 
Nicholas  DuBois, 
Philippus  W., 
(Rev.)  Samuel,  Jr., 
Willard  P., 

William,    Jr.,  K 

Millette,  John  Guild, 

Thomas,  Jr., 
Milligan,  Charles  W., 

John  Jones,        j.,s 

Robert, 

Samuel, 
Milnor,  (Rev.  Dr.)James, 

William,  Jr., 
Miner,  Joseph  Wright, 


Dec.   24,  1880 

June  17,   1882 

> 

April  10,  1875 

Dec.    10,  1791 

d.  Feb.  S,  1871,  a.  t>2 

Jan.    23,   1830 

Douglassville  ,  Pa. 

April  29,  1854 

Dec.  1  6,   1864 

Sept.  —  ,  1805 

June  27,   1874 

June  17,   1882 

Feb.    7,    1863 

Nov.  30,  1872 

April  28,  1840 

V.  J.,  Author,  d.  1832,  a.  30 

May  22,   1844 

Oct.    13,    1817 

April   9,    1836 

d.  Apl.  13,  1813,  a.  34 

Nov.    10,  1779 

April  n,  1811 

Feb.   n,   1882 

June  1  8,   1  88  1 

April    7,    1800 

rter,  d.  Jan.  14,  1832,  a.  47 

May    23,  1825 

d.  Nov.  4,  i8b4y  a.  33 

Nov.   10,  1849 

June  18,  1881 

Mch.    5,    1  88  1 

May  14,    1823 

Nov.   14,  1828 

June  18,   1881 

d.  Dec.  7,  1841  t  a.  30 

Mch.    9,   1815 

Dec.   10,  1881 

d.  Mch.  b,  i87c),  a.  63 

May    6,    1843 

June    3,    1882 

July    2,     1870 

Oct.   n,   1873 

June   17,   1882 

Oceanic,  N.J. 

Mch.  31,  1838 

June   14,   1879 

led  in  a  duel,  Mch.  21,  1830 

Oct.    2,     1828 

Dec.   21,  1859 

d.  Aug.  sb,  1862,  a.  3  1 

May  21,    1853 

May     6,    1851 

7.  .  Del.,  d.  Apl.  20,  1873,  a.  So 

Jan.   24,    1823 

d.  Nov.  23,  1807,  a.  32 

About    .    1779 

Millikin,  in  D.  C. 

Sept.  20,  1813 

0.  &>  M.  C.  d.  Apl.  8,  1845,  a.  72 

Sept.  —  ,  1793 

C.,  d.  Nov.  n,  1843,  &-38 

Dec.  —  ,  1806 

d.  Feb.  s,  iSjQ,  a.  34 

Nov.    16,  1850 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


295 


Mintzer,  William,  June  29,   1878 

Missehvitz,  Hernran  F. ,  July    J?     1882 

Mitchell,  Benjamin  A.,  Sept.    5,    1849 

Edward  Craig,  Rev.  iSbz  Oct.    20,   1859 

Edward  Coppee,  LL.D.,  Prof.  Law,  University  Pa.  Oct.     23,     1858 

James  Tyndale,       J.  D.  c.&>  c.  />.,&•» LL.D.  Nov.   10,  1857 

John  Cowell,  Sept.  17,  1838 

Thomas,  j.,  Colorado,  Capt.  io8th  p.  v.  April  1 1,  1868 

Walter  Balfour,  May   9,     1863 

Mitcheson,  MacGregor  Joseph,  April  10,  1852 

Moland,   John,  from  Ireland,  d.  Jan.  3,  f?t>r  Before.    I  742* 

Molony,  John  J.,  Nov.   n,  1882 

Mompesson,  Roger,         j.  Admiralty,  c.j.  of  PH.,  1700  July    9,     1703 

Monaghan,  Felix  A.,  April   i,    1876 

Peter  John,  Dec.     6,    1879 

Robert  Jones,  West  Chester  Mch.  14,  1879 

Robert  Emmet,  West  Chester,  1848  Oct.   16,    1867 

Montgomery,  Arthur,  Feb.    n,    1854 

Augustus  Rhea,  Oct.     7,    1846 

Benjamin  Chew,          d.  July  16,1830,  a.  23  Dec.   29,  1855 

George  Early,  Sept.  21,  1839 

Hardman  Philips,        d  Jan.  22, 1870.0..  36  July    10,    1858 

(Rev.)  James,         D.D.,  d.  Mch.  17, 1834,  a.  47  June    3,    1811 

John  Philips,  d.  Fed.  /,-,  1875,1. 37  April  n,  1840 

John  Teackle,  Mch.   8,    1844 

Richard  R.,  Oct.    9,    1840 

•  William,  "  An  eminent  laivyer  of  Lancaster"  Mch.    ,    1785 

William  Woodrow,  Nov.  16,    1867 

Moore,  Alfred,  Nov.  14,   1868 

Arthur,  June  19,   1880 

Benjamin  F.,  May  25,    1872 

David,  June  — ,   1791 

Edwin  W.,  Sept.  21,  1872 

John,  Atty-Gen.,  d.  Nov.  25,  1732,  a  74  May    19,     1698 

John,  Plumsted,  Bucks  Co.,  d.  Apl.  17,1830  June    ,     1789 

Robert,  Sept.  — ,  1801 

Thomas  C.,  April  18,  1868 

More,  Dr.   Nicholas,  "A  London  Attorney"  rst  C.J. of  Pa.  Aug.      4,      1684 

Morgan,  Benjamin,  Mch.  — ,  1786 

Benjamin  Rawle,  Jr., J.D.  c.,d.Nov. /<?,  1840, a. 70  Aug.  — ,  1785 

Charles  Eldridge,  Jr.,  Dec.   14,  1867 

Randal,  Jan.    13,    1877 

Morrell,  George  Dallas,  Oct.   30,   1880 

Morris,  Anthony,  d.i8t>o,a.Q4  July   27,    1787 

Charles  Ellis,  d.  Feb.  10,1879,  a  33  Dec.    14,  1867 

DeWitt  Clinton,  Nov.   16,  1843 

Edward  Joy,1  d.  Dec.  31,  i88r, «.  64  June    7,    1842 

1  M.  C.,  Author,  Editor,  U.  S.  Minister  to  Turkey,  &c. 


296' 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Chester  Co.  Bar 


Morris,  Effingham  Buckley, 

En  OS,  Bucks  Co.  Bar  • 

George  Calvert,          d.  API.  29, 1882,  a.  54 

George  Williamson, 

Gouverneur,         M.  c.,  &c.,  d.  NOV.  6,  /5/6, «.  6/ 

Isaac  Tyson, 

John, 

John,  Jr.,  Atty.Gen.,  d.  Mch.  9,1785 

Joseph, 
Joshua  H., 

Matthias,  of  Bucks  Co.,  d.  Nov.  9,  1839,  a.  S4 

Phineas  Pemberton,  Prof,  of  Law  University,  ra. 

(Doctor)  Robert,  Adm.as  R.  W.  M.,b.  Dec.  12,1802 

Samuel, 

Samuel, 

Thomas  Willing, 

William,  Jr., 

William, 

William, 

William  R., 
Morrison,  Abraham, 

James, 

J.  Howard, 
Morriss,  William  S., 
Morrisson,  Joseph, 
Morrow,  Paul, 
Moss,  William  C., 
Mountain,  James, 
Mowlds,  Thomas  Davis, 
Moyer,  Jacob  Maxwell, 
Moylan,  Jasper, 
Muhlenberg,  Ernest  A., 
Mullen,  Thomas, 
Mullin,  Daniel  J., 

Martin, 

Mulvany,  Daniel  H., 
Mumford,  Charles  F., 
Munce,  George  Francis, 
Mundy,  Marcellus, 
Munnickhuysen,  Howard, 
Munroe,  William  W., 
Murphey,  Samuel  M., 
Murphy,  Charles, 

Dennis  Francis,          Official  Reporter  U.  S.  Senate 
Edward  Roberts,  Colorado   Springs 

James  Joseph  Alfred, 

William,  • 


Capt.  liqlh  Pa.  Vols.,d.  1864 

d.  Feb.  It,  1812,  a.  34 
d.  Sept.  20,  1872,  a.  28 

d.  May  18,  1873,  a.  6j 


Col.   U.  S.  Vols.,Ky. 
Baltimore 


June  15, 
June  — ,  1 80 1 
May  31,  1851 
April  25,.  1873 
April  — ,  1781 
June  30,  1877 
Oct.  8,  1760* 
Sept.  — ,  1777 
May  28,  1822 
May  14,  1853 
Sept.  17,  1813 
Feb.  8,  1840 
Oct.  18,  1824 
Sept.  15,1751* 
July  27,  1787 
July  3,  1819 
Aug.  — .  1753 
June  8,  1793 
Nov.  16,  1874 
June  15,  1852 
Sept.  — ,  1798 
April  — ,  1800 
Oct.  7,  1882 
June  14,  1856 
May  28,  1822 
June  — ,  1798 
May  14,  1*59 
Sept.  — ,  1801 
Nov.  4,  1876 
Sept.  6,  1869 
Sept.  — ,  1782 
Mch.  i,  1873 
May  14,  1864 
Dec.  24,  1880 
Feb.  10,  1883 
In  C.  P.  1831 
Nov.  8,  1824 
June  29,  1872 
Oct.  16,  1848 
Mch.  15,  1879 
Sept.  22,  1877 
July  9,  1870 
Nov.  19,  1859 
Nov.  27,  1857 
Dec.  3,  1870 
June  17,  1865 
Feb.  1 6,  1866 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


297 


Murphy,  William  Rhoads,  . 

Oct.    3,     1874 

Murray,  (Gen.)  Francis,           Newtown,  Bucks  Co. 

Oct.  —  ,   1784 

James  W., 

June  22,  1812 

John, 

July  —  ,    1792 

John,  Jr., 

Nov.    7,    1846 

Magnus  Miller, 

Jan.    6,    1806 

William, 

About   .    1783 

Musgrave,  Edward  G., 

Nov.    9,    1833 

John,                                                   d.  1845,  a.  jo 

Sept.    4,    1816 

Myer,  Isaac,  Jr., 

April  1  8,  1857 

Myers,  David  Jay,  Jr., 

Nov.    16,  1872 

Henry  L., 

June  16,  1855 

Leonard,                                 M.  c. 

Dec.     9,    1848 

Mylin,  Amos  H.,    . 

June   10,  1864 

Nabb,  George  W.,                       d.Api.,i8t>s 

July    13,  1850 

Nagle,  Edwin  F., 

Sept.  23,  1876 

Jacob, 

Mch.  —,1793 

Nassau,  William  Burton, 

May  12,    1860 

Nathans,  Nathan,                    d.  Dec.  21,  1877,  a.  79 

Nov.  12,   1819 

Naylor,  Charles,                  M.  c.,d.  Dec.  24,  1872,  a.  67 

Nov.  15,  1828 

Neal,  Charles  M., 

Mch.    6,    1850 

Neall,  Harry  L., 

June  17,  1882 

Neff,  George  W.  , 

Dec.     i,    1821 

Rudolph  Lee, 

Oct.    7,    1876 

Neide,  Joseph,                         d.  NOV.  17,  1878,  a.  72 

July    2,     1831 

Neil,   John,                                                       d.  before  1775 

Before   .    1775 

Neilson,  Robert  Henry, 

June  27,  1874 

Thomas  Hall, 

Nov.  12,   1867 

William  Delaware, 

Sept.  15,  1873 

Nesbit,  Thomas, 

Dec.  —  ,  1789 

Nevin,  William  Charming, 

Mch.    9,    1872 

William  Latta, 

July    3,     1880 

William  Wilberforce,    Capt.&>  Asst.  A.G.U.  s.  v. 

June  17,   1871 

Newcomb,  Bayse,  Jr.,            d.  Mch.a8,i8st>,a.7r 

April  12,  1804 

Nevvbold,  John  Lawrie, 

Dec.   20,  1824 

Thomas  ROSS,                Editor,  d.  Dec.  6,  1857,  a.  4$ 

Sept.    7,    1829 

William  Augustus, 

Dec.    9,    1842 

Newlin,  CyrUS,     U.  S.  Dist.Att'y  W.  Va  ,d.Apl.  14,  1876,  a.  j(> 

Dec.    24,  1859 

Harold  Parker, 

Oct.   27,   1877 

James  William  Wise  Mildenhall, 

July   15,    1865 

John  Smith,  Jr.  ,T              Yonken,  N.  Y. 

Nov.    6,    1852 

William  Parker,  Jr., 

July    3,     1874 

Nice,  John  H., 

Oct.   24,    1868 

Nicholas,  Charles, 

Sept.  —  ,  1803 

Edward  Everett, 

April   8,    1882 

Nichols,  Egbert  Kendrick, 

June    3,     1857 

1  Assistant  Engineer,  Department  Public  Works,  New  York  City. 


298 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Nichols,  Henry  Sargent  Prentiss, 

William  Albert, 
Nicholson,  Franklin, 

William, 

William, 

Nickerson,  James  Staunton,      Com.  Alabama  claims 
Nicoll,  Warren  L. , 

NippCS,  John  C.,  d.  Dec.  8,  i87b,  a.  bo 

Nixon,  Robert  Morris,  t.  AU?.  23, 1804 

Walter  Hall, 
William  Penn, 

Noarth,  George,  of  Reading  Bar,  b.  Philtda.,  1-750 

Norbury,  Joseph  Britt, 

Norris,  Alexander  Wilson,  Reporter 

George  Heide, 

George  Pepper, 

Henry  Pepper, 

Isaac, 

Joseph  Parker, 

Joseph  Parker.  Jr. ,  d.  /st>j,  a.  6<? 

OctaVUS  James,  New  York  City 

Septimus  Henry, 

William,  Cumberland  Co. 

William  Pepper, 
Northrop,  George, 

Norton,  George,  d.  Jan.  13,  i8t>3,  a.  sj 

Nourse,  John  T., 
Nugent,  Tobias  Frazer, 
Nulty,  John  Eugenius, 
Nunes,  Henry, 

Joseph  A.,  Author 

Nuttall,  D.  Russell, 


d.  July  3,  i8j2,  a.  42 


Dec.    5, 
June  14, 
May    4, 
April   2, 
Sept.  12, 
Nov.    3, 
Sept.  24, 
Sept.  15, 
Dec.   20, 
June   19, 
Mch.  10, 
About    . 
Sept.    7, 
Nov.    1 6, 
July   17, 
July    2, 
May  1 8, 
Jan.    15, 
Dec.   24, 
Sept.  30, 
Mch.  23, 
June    8, 
Dec.  — , 
Feb.    28, 
Sept.  13, 
July    2, 
Mch.    2, 
Sept.    9, 
Oct.    n, 
Nov.  10, 
Jan.    9, 
May    3, 


Oakford,  Parsey, 
O'Brien,  Albert  Henri, 

Dennis  William,  j.  o.  c.,  d.  Jan.  24, 1878,  a.  bo 

John,  .      d.  Sept.  is,  1879,  a.  57 

Richard, 

William  Dennis,          d.  Apt.  28, 1875,  a.  ^ 

William  H., 
O' Bryan,  John  Duross, 
O'Byrne,  John,  New  York  aty 

O'Daniel,  John, 
O'Donnell,  Peter  Paul, 

Oehlschlager,  Theodore  Herman,  d.juiy3,iS7b,a.43 
Ogilby,  Willet  C.,  . 
O'Grady,  John,1 

1  See  In  re  Deringer,  Legal  Intelligencer,  1877, 


Mch. 

Nov. 

Jan. 

Oct. 

May 

Feb. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

June 

Oct. 

April 

June 

p.  248. 


16,  1831 

23,  1867 
22,  1853 
i 6.  1848 

23>  l835 

20,  1869 

9,  1871 

8,  1864 
25,  1862 

1,  1819 

24,  1843 
u,  1856 

9,  1836 

2,  1877 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


299 


Okie,  Frank  Brognard, 

Oliphant,  Samuel  Duncan,     Bvt.  B.  G.  u.  s.  Vois. 

OlmSted,    Edward,  City  Solicitor  21  yeart 

Henry  Charles, 

Olwine,  Isaac  Wayne,  Editor  &  Actor, d.  Dec.  3, 18(33,  a.  36 
O'Neill,  Charles,  M.  c. 

Constantine Benj'n Francis, d.  Aug.  11,1874,0.  73 

John   P. ,  New  York  City,  d.  Feb.  22, 1883,  a.  57 

Thomas  Warren,  Author 

Oram,  William  Hallo  well  Marshall,       shamokin 
Orbison,  William,  Franklin  Co. 

O'Reilly,  James  A.y- 

Thomas  J . ,  d.  Aug.  22, 1873, a.  26 

Orwig,  Samuel  Henry,  Union  Co. 

Osborne,  Henry, 
Osbourn,  Francis  Alexander, 
Osier,  Harmon,  Jr., 
Ott,  Alfred  Winfield, 
Otterson,  Charles  Henry. 

James,  Jr., 
Otway,  Thomas,  d.  1755 

OuterbridgC,  Albert  Albouy,  Editor  Weekly  Notes  of Cases 

Overton,  D.  Alanson, 

Owen,  Joshua    Thomas,  Brig.  Gen.  of  Vols.,  i8t>2,  Editor 

Owens,  John  A., 

John  P. ,  d.  Nov.  13, 1872,  a..  79 


Page,  Emanuel  J., 

(Col.)  James, 
Joseph  F.,  Jr., 
Samuel  Davis, 

Palethorp,  Robert, 

Palmer,  Anthony,  Jr., 
Edward, 
Henry, 

Pancoast,  Charles  Edward, 
Charles  Stacey, 
Henry  S., 

Pardoe,  George  M., 

Parke,  John  Pemberton, 

Parker,  Abraham  Henry, 
Joseph  W., 
Thomas  Brown, 

Farmer,  Eli, 

Parnell,  James, 

Parmyter,  Par, 

Parr,  William, 


d.  Apl.  6,  1875,  a.  80 


City  Controller 


d.  May  22,  l& 


d.  Mch.  23, 1880,  a  57 


Solicitor  in   Chancery,  1720 

Atty-Gen.,  Penn's  cousin 

Master  of  Kails,  7767 


Dec.  30,  1876 
Dec.  5,  1868 
Dec.  29,  1829 
May  31,  1875 
Sept.  7,  1848 
Nov.  15,  1843 
Jan.  7,  1832 
Dec.  13.  1851 
Oct.  29,  1870 
April  15,  1865 
Dec.  — ,  1801 
Nov.  13,  1875 
July  2,  1870 
Nov.  24,  1866 
Mch.  6,  1779 
Oct.  13,  1869 
Dec.  8,  1860 
Oct.  7,  1882 
June  3,  1871 
July  8,  1848 
Apl.  10,  1753* 
June  7,  1862 
Dec.  6,  1858 
Dec.  1 8,  1857 
Mch.  7,  1859 
Sept.  10,  1821 

July  3,  1875 
Mch.  T3,  1816 
June  5,  1876 
Dec.  5,  1864 
Oct.  16,  1855 
Before  .  1 749 
Mch.  2,  1839 
June  24,  1854 
June  30,  1877 
May  7,  1845 
Mch.  6,  1882 
F.eb.  19,  1876 
May  7,  1846 
July  5,  1879 
June  2,  1877 
April  — ,  1806 
June  8,  1793 
Before  .  1720 
About  .  1701 
Apl.  15,  1751* 


300 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Parrish,  Joseph, 

Joseph  Austin, 

Robert  Austin,  Jr., 

Samuel  Longstreth, 
Parry,  Edward  Owen,  P.J., 
Parsons,  Anson  Virgil,  j. 

Henry  Cooley, 

Homer, 

James,  / 

James  Hepburn, 
Paschall,  Robert  S., 
Pastorius,  Francis  Daniel, 

Francis  Daniel, 
Patrick,  Edward  Livingston, 

John  Y., 

Patten,  Franklin  Wells, 
Patterson,  Christopher  S., 

Christopher  Stuart, 

David  Ramsey, 

Galbraith, 

Robert, 

R.  Hopkins, 

Theodore  Cuyler, 

Thomas  Elliott, 

Wilfred, 

William  Augustus, 

William  Henry, 
Pattison,  Robert  Emory, 
Patton,  John  Woodbridge, 
Paul,  Frank  William, 

James  Marshall, 

James  William, 

John  Rodman,  Jr., 
Pauly,  Lewis  Horace, 
Pawling,  Levi, 
Paxson,  Edward, 

Edward  M. , 

John, 

Paxton,  Joseph  Rupert,1 
Peace,  Joseph, 

Washington, 

William  Henry, 
Peale,  Augustin  Rembrandt, 
Pearce,  Edward, 

Lewis  Gronow,* 
Pearson,  Edward  P., 
1  Edi'or  Bizarre,  Captain  I5th  Infantry. 


Oct.   13,   1866  • 

d.  Nov.  ib,  i8bl,  a.  36 

Nov.  24,  1856 

Mat.  7  ist  Pa.  Vols. 

May  21,    1840 

New  York  City  Bar 

July    i,     1872 

^ottsville,  d.  Oct.  g,  1881,  a.  74 

Feb.   21,   1829 

'.  P.,  d.  Sept.  23,  1882,  a.  8j 

Oct.     i,    1851 

Williamsport 

Mch.  14,  1857 

Dec.    5,    1874 

'of.  of  Law,  University  /'«. 

Nov.    14,  1857 

d.  June  it),  1876 

Sept.    7,    1857 

April   8,    1847 

Arrivedin  America 

Aug.   20,  1683 

Oct.    23,   1869 

l> 

April  14,  1860 

April  25,  1833 

May  26,    1877* 

Dec.   20,  1824 

Feb.   ii,   1865 

Dec.   15,  1866 

June  —  ,   1789 

Sept.  19,  1840 

July   17,    1875 

Nov.  30,  1872 

Feb.  26,  1876 

June  29,  1872 

April  —  ,  1797 

Nov.  30,  1878 

Governor  of  Pa. 

Sept.  28,  1872 

Jan.    18,   1868 

Bvt.  Capt.   U.  S.  Army 

Oct.     2,    1869 

d.  May  iq,  1878,  a.  37 

Sept.    7,    1863 

Dec   21,    1837 

Sept.   6,    1875 

d.  Oct.  S,  1873,  a.  25 

Oct.    2,    1869 

P.J.,  NorristoTvn 

Sept.  25,  1795 

Mch.    8,    1814 

Judge  S.  C. 

Oct.  —  ,   1852 

Dec.    12,  1866 

d.  l8bb,  a.  39 

Jul>     8,     1848 

d.  Mch.  31,  1826,  a.  jj 

Jan.    24,    1815 

Nov.    5,    1842 

April    i,    1875 

) 

Oct.    n,   1851 

ward  of  the  Ancient  Britons 

1729 

tester  Co.,  d.  Nov.  14,  1855 

April    9,    1825 

Dec.  18,   1824 

2  See  6  Casey,  173. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


301 


Pearson,  Henry  B.,  May   25,  1821 

Seba  A.,  d.  Dec.  6,  /&#,  a.  SQ  May    6,    1854 

Pechin,  Edmund  Cash,  Nov.   19,  1859 

Pedrick,  Washington  F.,  Oct.    13,   1866 

Peirce,  George,  Nov.   14,  1868 

John    Dick.  Delaware  Co.  Oct.     2O,     1852 

William  Shannon,  j.  c.  P.  June  n,  1845 

Peltz,  Samuel,  Feb.    3,    1883 

Pendleton,  Garnett,  June  15,  1878 

Pennewill,  Walton,  Feb.   18,  1882 

Penington,  Henry,  Oct.   21,   1828 

Hyland  B.,  Delaware  Oct.   1 8,    1851 

Isaac,  d.  1742  Before    .   1742 

Fennypacker,  Charles  Harrison,  West  Chester  Jan.    29,    1876 

Samuel  Whitaker,  Author  May  19,    1866 

Penrose,  Charles  Bingham,   d.  Apt.  6, 1837,  «•  so  May    9,     1821 

Clement  Biddle,  J.  o.  c.  Nov.   19,  1853 

Nathan,  May   14,   1870 

Pentecost,  Joseph,  Washington  Co.  Nov. — ,   1794 

Pepper,  George  Seckel,  Oct.   23,    1830 

Henry,  d.  Mch.  3,  /«&>..  a.  33  June    6,    1868 

William  Platt,  Sept.  29,  1860 

Percy,   Alexander,          See  Piercey,  and  Chester  Co.  Minutes  Dec.      I,      1736 

Perdue,  Joseph  Folliard,  June  30,   1877 

Perkins,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Sept.  24,  1881 

Edward  Lang,  May   26,   1866 

Samuel  Clarke,          prest  Public  Building  Com.  June  28,  1851 

Samuel  Huntington,    d.  May  22,1874,1.78  Dec.   13,  1820 

Perot,   John,  d.   Bethlehem,  Pa.,  1857,  "•  *>  Feb.     14,     1853 

Perrine,  Henry  G.,  Feb.  12,  1822 

Perry,  Howard,  Mch.  4,  1882 

Roger,  Sept.  — ,  1803 

Peterman,  William  Harris,  Feb.  26,  1876 

Peters,  (Rev.)  Richard,  d. 7776,  Chester  Co.  Records  in  prac.  1742 

Richard,  Jr.  ,*      j.,  LL.D.,  d.  Aug.  22, 1828,  a.  84  Sept.  26, 1 765  * 

Richard,  Jr.,    Reporter,  LL.D.,  d.  May  z,  1848,  a .68  Dec.     3,      l8oO 

Thomas  R.,  d.  June 20, 1824  June  10,  1809 

William,  Adm.  in  London,  d.  before  1782,  in  England ,  In   prac.    1739" 


Peterson,  Albert  Ericsson, 
Charles  Jacobs, 
Horace  L., 
James  Vaughn, 
Robert  Evans, 

Petit,  Edgar  Eugene, 

Pettit,  Charles, 
Horace, 
Silas  Wright, 


Author  and  Editor 
d.  Nov.  21,  i8tff 
d.  Nov.  22, 1877 


M.  C,  d.  Sept.  4,  iSod,  a.  70 


April  29,  1876 
Sept.  2i,  1839 
Feb.  9,  1850 
April  18,  1861 
Feb.  4,  1843 
Oct.  i, 
Before 
Dec.  2 
Nov.  IT 


1843 


1882 
1866 


39 


1  Member  of  Congress  and  Judge  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court. 


302 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


22, 


Adm.  as  5.  L.  C.  P. 


M.  C.,  Pres't  Board  City  Trusts 
d.   Oct.  2,  iSbz,  a.  st> 

d.  May  15, 1867 
d,  Aug.  21,  1839,  a.  bf 
d.  Feb.  28,  1876,  a.ji 

d.  Jan.  2Q,  1848 
d.  at  sea,itx)5;  I  C.  R. ,  .7 


Feb. 
June 
June 
Jan.  8, 
Feb.  27 
June  29 
June 
Jan. 
May 


1861 

1869 
1878 
1880 
1881 

1875 
1878 

1859 
1832 
1826 


Pettit,  Thomas  McKean,    P.j.,d.  May 30, 1853,  <*•  57      April  13,  1818 
Pew,  William  W.,  April  n,  1837 

Pfeiffer,  Henry  A.,  Nov.    16, 

Louis  E.,  Feb.    6, 

Philler,  William  Ruckman 

George  Stanley, 
Philips,  Samuel  Lavinius, 
Phillips,  Alfred  Ingersoll, 

Charles, 

Henry,  Jr., 

Henry  Myer, 

Jonas  Altamont, 

Jonas  Benjamin, 

Zalegman, 

Philpot,  Francis  Curran 
Physick,  Philip, 
Pickering,  Charles, 

Joseph  S., 

Piercey,    Alexander,    drowned,  Jan.  23,  1736-7,  Pa.  Gazette 

Pigott,  Henry  Herbert, 
Pike,  William  Appleton, 
Pile,  Joseph  Morgan, 
Plankinton,  Joseph, 
Platt,  Ebenezer  Greenough. 
Pleasanton,  Augustus  James,1 
Pleasants,  Henry,  Jr., 

Thomas  Franklin, 
Plunkett,  George, 
Poalk,  Edward  L., 
Pollard,  John, 
Pollock,  James, 

Thomas  H.,  Jan. 

Poole,  Abraham,  Jan. 

Edward,  July 

Pomeroy,  Joseph  H.,  Oct. 


1 3> 

5, 

20, 

April  28,  1826 
Dec.  4,  1799 
Sept.  7,  1846 
Sept.  10,  1836 
About  .  1683 
Nov.  1 6,  1819 
Dec.  i, 
June  14, 
Sept.  30, 
June 
Jan. 
Oct. 

Grad.  at  West  Point,  fSzi)    July 

Oct. 
Feb. 
Dec. 
Feb. 

June  22 
Nov.  28 


1736 
1879 

1882 


6, 

24 


d.  1817,  a.  27 


d.   Oct.  21,  1874.,  a. 


2, 


3' 


Governor  Pa. 


Porter,  Alexander, 


1846 
1866 
1832 
28,  1876 

21,  1814 
1869 

I852 

1801 
1866 
1865 

1754 
1845 
1875 


John  Ewing, 
Robert,. 
Stephen, 
Thomas  Alrich, 
William  Augustus, 
William  Wagener, 
Potter,  Sheldon, 

Brigadier-General  of  the 


r9 
9, 

Sept.  26,  1765* 
April  24,  1813 
Mch.  3,  1879 
April  i,  1882 
April  —  ,  1805 
May  15,  1789 
Oct.  12,  1765* 
June  13,  1868 
April  26,  1842 
May  28, 
Mch.  5, 
Home  Guards"  during  the  Rebellion. 


Chester  Co.  Bar,  May,  17(33 

James  Madison,  Sec.  of  War,  d.  NOV.  //,  1862,  a.  70 

John. 

John'Biddle, 

d.  Nov.  14, 1819,  a.  3t> 
P-J-,  d.  June  23,  1842,  a.  74 
Chester  Co.  Bar,  Aug.,  7765 


J.  s.  c. 


1877 
1881 


1  Changed  his  name  to  Parker,  and  became  a  physician. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


303 


Potts,  Charles  Theodore, 

Howard  Newcomb, 

James," 

John  Campbell, 

John,  Jr., 

Joseph, 

Nathaniel, 

Nathan  R., 

Thomas  Pratt, 
Poulson,  Charles  A.  Jr., 

Erastus, 
Powel,  Henry  Baring, 

Robert  J.  Hare, 
Powell,  Benjamin, 

George  William, 

James  William, 

John  Smith, 
Prall,   Zaccur, 
Pratt,  Joseph  Tovvner,  J.,MOJ.  Vots.,d.Mck.  27,1877^.  39 


d.  Nov.  23, 1788,  a.  36 
J.   C    P.,  I  Pa.  Mag.,  776 

Adm.  Berks  Co.,  Aug.  14,  1781 

d.  Nov.  24,  i8bi,  a.  79 

d.  Mch.  28, 1879,  <*•  <>3 

d.  Feb.  8,  i860 

d.  Apl.  4,  1852,  a.  2q      . 
Norristown 


Surgeon's  Mate,  War  1812 


Prevost,  Charles  Mallet, 
Price,  Bayard  Russell, 

Benjamin, 

Eli  Kirk, 

Elisha, 

Isaac  Coale, 

John, 

John, 

John, 

John  Sergeant, 

Thomas  Benton, 

William  Carroll, 

William  Sampson, 
Pritchard,  Frank  Perley, 
Pritchett,  Abraham  Kintzing, 
Prosser,  Thomas  B., 
Prowattain,  Ivan,  ' 
Pugh,  Edward  Fox, 

Joseph, 

Rodman  Fox, 
Pulte,  Charles  Anthony 
Pumroy,  John  X.. 
Purcell,  John  Austin, 
Purdon,  John,  Jr.,1 
Purves,  Guillermo  Colesberry, 
Purviance,  Henry, 
Pusey,  Joshua, 


Coi.  n8th  P.  i-'.  &°Bvt.  B.  G.    April  3, 
May  31, 

d.  Feb.  if,  7766 

LL.D.,  Author 

History  of  Chester,  470 

b.  Harford  Co.,  Maryland 

Nephew  of  Benjamin,  d.  Feb.  3, 1774 

d.  Reading,  Mch.  q,  1773,  a.  37 


June  9,  1832 

Oct.  5,  1842 

Aug.  i,  1773 

Sept.  5,  1827 

Oct.     20,     1759 

Nov.  28,  1857 
Sept.  — ,  1782 
April  6,  1805 
Feb.  26,  1859 
July  13,  1844 
June  18,  1853 
Oct.  3,  1846 
Nov.  1 8,  1882 
April  7,  1836 
April  26,  1862 
Nov.  29,  1862 
June  14,  1856 
April  9,  1846 
June  i,  1867 
1844 
1880 

About  .  1739* 
May  28,  1822 
May  — ,  1764 
Sept.  23,  1854 
Apl.  10 
About 


Sept.  19, 
April 


1753" 
1757 


1792 

1854 


May  28,  1872 
July  2,  1881 


Editor 


d.  Jan.  31,  1873,  a. 


d.  Oct.  23, 


April  27,  1844 


June 
June 


1844 
1878 


April  28,  1806 
April  13,  1867 
June  — ,  1794 
Dec.  6,  1873 


1  Compiler  of  Purdon's  Digest  of  the  Laws  of  Pennsylvania. 


304 


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Pyle,  Henry  Albert  L., 
Robert  Lapsley, 
Ziba, 


Attm.  Cluster  Co.  Bar,  1808 


Quin,  Augustine, 

.     Charles  Thomas, 
Edward  Chrysostom, 
John  Robinson, 

Quinn,  Joseph  Lafayette, 

Rae,  Robert  M.  C., 
Raguet,  Condy, 
Ralston,  George, 

Henry, 
Ram  bo,  Clifford, 

Ormond, 

William  B., 
Rand,  Theodore  Dehon, 


d.  Mch.  22, 1842,  a.  38 

d  July  2b,  1833,  a.  48 
d.  Mch.  27, 1881,  a.  24 


Randall,  Archibald, 

Edmund, 

James  H., 

Josiah, 

Robert  Earp, 
Randolph,  Edmund, 

Philip  Syng  Physick, 

Samuel  Emlen, 
Ranken,  William  B., 
Ransford,  Patrick  Thomas, 
Rawle,  Edward, 

Francis, 

Francis, 

Horatio, 

William, 

William, 


J.  U.S.  D.  C.,d.  JuneS,. 


d.  Aug.  8,  i8t)3,  a.  36 
d.  Sept.  10,  iSbb,  a.  78 

Atty-Gen.  U:  S.,  d.  Sept.  12,  1813 
d.  i8bq,  a.  45 

Jersty  City,  N.  J. 

d.  Feb.  q,  1882,  a.  37 

J.,  d.  Nov.  4,  1880,  a.  84 

d.  Mch.  5, 1726-7 


d.  Jan.  25, 1830,  a.  27 

d.  Dec.  id,  1741 

I.L.D.,  Author,  d.  Apl.  12, 1836,  a.  77 
William,  Jr. ,  Reporter,  d.  Aug.  9,  /8j8,  a.  71 

William  Brooke,      Bvt.  u.  Col.  both  Pa.  I'ois. 

William  Henry,  LL.D.,  Author 

Ray,  James, 
Raymond,  Charles  C., 
Raybold,  Frederick  Augustus,  d.  May  2,  is^r,  a.  *r 

Read,    Charles,  Admiralty  J.,d.  Feb.  28,1736-7 

Charles, 

Colli nSOn , *  d.  Mch.  /,  /8fS,  a.  63 

George,2  C.  J.  Del.,  d.  Sept.  21,  1708,  a.  64 

James,  of  Reading,  Chester  Co.  Records 


Nov.  25,  1871 
June  3,  1876 
Mch.  26,  1812 

Sept.  16,  1877 
June  30,  1877 
Jan.  18,  1850 
Feb.  2,  1878 
July  i,  1882 

Sept.  5,  1850 

Sept.  4,  1820 

Dec.  6,  1847 

June  4,  1827 

Oct.  5,  1878 

Oct.  8,  1881 

Dec.  i,  1862 

June  26,  1858 

April  13,  1818 

Sept.  i,  1862 

Dec.  i,  1848 

Mch.  8,  1808 

Oct.  20,  1859 

Oct.  25,  1790 
Jan.  6,  1847 
A'pril  5,  1856 
July  26,  1851 
Nov.  16,  1867 
April  15,  1823 
Aug.  3.  1725 
Nov.  4,  1871 
June  23,  1824 
April  4,  1728 
Sept.  — ,  1783 
May  21,  1810 
May  18,  1867 
Oct.  12,  1844 
Jan.  25,  1813 
Feb.  9,  1857 
June  23,  1827 
Before  .  1733 
Oct.  10,  1753* 
Mch.  12,  1785 
June  27,  1753 
Sept.  i,  1742 


'Author  of  Read 's  Digest.     Adm.  Berks  Co.  Bar,  Aug.  13,  1772. 
*  A  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


305 


LL.D.,  d.  Sept.  27, 1854,  a.  jb 
See  Chester  Co.  Records 

d.  Mch.  4,  1785,  a.  44 
Recorder,  d.  Mch.  4,  1846,  a.  74 

d.  Oct.  23,  1847,  a.  J5 


Read,   James,  >A  re-admission,  M.   C.,  1787-8 

John,  d.  July  13,  1854, a.  83 

John  Meredith,       c.  j.,d.  NOV.  2$,  1874,  a.  78 

John  Meredith,  Jr. ,    U.  S.  Minister  to  Greece 

John  Rue, 

Murray, 

Stacey  Barcroft, 

Reakirt,  Theodore  Holcombe,    d.  1874,0-.  33 
Reath,  Benjamin  Brannan, 
Redding,  William  Augustus, 
Redheffer,  John  Curtis, 

William  Henry, 
Reed,  Charles  M.,  M.  c.,  Erie,  d.  Dec.  it,,  /#/ 

EliaS  S.,  Dover,  Del. 

George  Washington, 

Henry, 

Henry  Hope 

John, 

John,  Jr., 

Joseph,1 

Joseph, 

Joseph  Abram, 

Samuel  F., 

Walker, 

William, 

William  Bradford,    LL  D.,  d.  Feb.  19,  rS7t>,  a.  bq 

William  Hope, 
Reese,  William  James, 
Reeves,  Samuel  Winchester, 

Thomas  Burrowes, 
Reichenbach,  Oscar, 

Reignier,   John,  Son-in-law  of  Gov.  Markham 

Reilley,  John  J., 
Reilly,  Charles  Leslie, 
Remak,  Gustavus, 

Stanislaus, 

Stephen  Samuel,         u.  s.  Consul,  Trieste,  iSss 
Remington,  John, 

RennySOn,    William,  Editor,  Norristown 

Rennert,  Hugo  Albert, 

RenshaW,  Richard,  Justice  of  the  Peace 

Richard,  Jr., 
Reville,  Joseph  David, 
Rex,  WTalter  Edwin,  Register  of  mils 

Rey,  Emanuel,  d.  API.  17, 1879,  a.  32 

Reybum,  John  Edgar,  President  Senate  Pa. ,1883 

Reynolds,  John,  d.  May  8,  /86s,  a.  74 


Sept.  — ,  1781 
April  24,  1792 
Sept.  7,  1818 
About  .  1859 
Feb.  3,  1864 

MaY  3'  J875 
Sept.  1 6,  1848 
Nov.  7,  1863 
Sept.  7,  1844 
Oct.  n,  1873 
April  9,  1864 
Sept.  24,  1870 
Nov.  "  8,  1823 
Mch.  i,  1880 
Dec.  4,  1869 
Oct.  16,  1869 
Sept.  7,  1829 
In.  prac.  1742 
Oct.  23,  1824 
Oct.  12,  1765* 
Mch.  10,  1792 
Mch.  10,  1877 
May  14,  1834 
April  — ,  1805 
May  5,  1860 
Nov.  21,  1826 
Sept.  7,  1829 
Feb.  15,  1826 
Sept.  28,  1867 
Nov.  16,  1867 
Jan.  21,  1861 
About  .  1703 
Nov.  17,  1866 
July  6,  1878 
May  7,  1845 
June  7,  1873 
May  3,  1854 
About  .  1735 
Oct.  1 6,  1880 
June  18,  1881 
Jan.  30,  1813 
Mch.  31,  1830 
Nov.  i,  1873 
Oct.  3,  1874 
Nov.  27,  1857 
Jan.  7,  1871 
Mch.  n,  1809 


1  President  of  Pennsylvania,  Adj.  Gen.  Revolutionary  Army,  M.  C.,  &c. 


306 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


William, 

Rhees,  (Rev. )  Morgan  J 
Rhoads,  Joseph  R., 
Rice,  Stephen  Edward, 

John  V., 
Rich,  George  Pawling, 

Sylvester  N., 
Richards,  Augustus  He 

George  Washing 

Howard, 

Jacob,          M.  C.,  C 

John  James, 

Joseph  T., 

Thomas,  Jr., 
Richardson,  Charles  Blain  Duncan, 

Robert  M., 

Riche,  George  Inman, 
Richie,  Ezekiel  Lucien, 
Rickey,  William, 
Riddle  Samuel, 
Riddleson,  Samuel, 
Ridge,  Lendrum  B., 

ay,  John  Jacob,  Jr., 
Ridings,  John  Montgomery, 
Riley,  Joseph  S., 
Ring,  Jonathan, 
Ripley,  John  Phillips, 
Ripperger,  John  Vaughan, 
Risler,  William  T., 
Riter,  Frank  Miller, 
Ritter,  Abraham  Howard, 
Robb,  Charles  Eagleson, 

James  Madison, 

John  Hunter, 

Samuel, 

Robbins,  James  J., 
Roberts,  Charles  B., 

George  H.,  Jr., 

James  R., 

John, 

Samuel, 

Stokes  L.,       P.J.,  B 

William  R., 
Robeson,  Andrew, 
Robinett,  Ferguson. 
Robins,  Thomas, 


Lancaster,  Aug.  30,  1855 

April  30,  1881 

April  —  ,  1799 

,  DD.,  d.Jan.  15,  1853,  a.  51 

April  28,  1826 

Sept.    i,   1862 

,/.  Mch.  21,  1848 

April  28,  1834 

Mch.    3,    1883 

Mch.    5,    1870 

Oct.    1  6,    1X45 

d.  1839,  "•  3b 

Jan.    16,   1826 

d.  July  Q,  1871,  a.  j-> 

Dec.    13,  1844 

May  10,    1862 

Militia,  d.  July  20,  rS/ti,  a.  43 

Feb.   i  8,   1794 

Chester,  d.  June  27,  1822 

April  25,  1821 

June  19,   1882 

Nov.    7,    1849 

Duncan, 

Mch.  30,  1878 

July   17,    1852 

Principal  High  School 

Oct.   28,   1854 

Jan.     9,    1864 

d.  Apl.  22,  iSSr,  a.  25 

June   19,  1880 

June  —  ,  1791 

About    .    1735 

June  17,   1882 

May   29,   1865 

) 

Sept.   1  8,  1871 

Police  Magistrate 

April  27,  1872 

Sept.  24,  1870 

d.  Mch.  7,  r8ft),  a.  40 

June  25,   1800 

Dec.   13,  1879 

d.  tSfo,  a.  S3 

Nov.   1  8,  1842 

June   15,  1878 

Mch.    6,    1882 

d.  Sept.  q,  1860,  a.  34 

Feb.    10,   1851 

Oct.    8,    1846 

d.  Oct.  7,  i8b4,  a.  41 

Sept.  12.  1846 

April  12,  1X51 

Nov.    7,    1846 

Dec.    5,    1860 

Mch.  21,  1868 

July   13,    1844 

April  20,  1  86  1 

Nov.  —  ,  1786 

:Ja  Co.,d.  Feb.  2>,  1882,  a.  73 

May   1  8,    1832 

Oct.   31,   1823 

d.  May  28,  1781,  a.  zq 

About   .    1773 

Oct.    17,  1822 

Dec.   27,  1880 

or  PHILADELPHIA. 


307 


Robins,  William  Bowdoin, 
Robinson,  David  Clinton, 

David  Stuart, 

George, 
1  John,1 

John, 

John, 

John  B., 

Patrick, 

Vincent  Gilpin, 

William,  Jr., 
Roche,  Michael  K., 

Rockhill,  Thomas Claypoole,  Jr.,  d.  Feb.  /?,  1834 
Rodel,  Joseph  C., 
Rodgers,  Henry, 
Rodman,  Gilbert,  Jr., 

Walter  Clarke, 


of  New  Castle,  Del.,  d.  1731 
Clerk  S.  C.,d.  May  q,  1882,  a.  bi     Oct. 

Dec. 

Clerk  of  the  County  Courts 

Media 
at  No.  /  Shippen  afreet,  i8oi-b 


June  22,  1861 

May  24,  1873 

Mch.  6,  1880 

Dec.  i,  1877 

June  3,  1734 

!>  1853 

2,      1853 

June  23,  1876 
About  .  1685 
Jan.  20,  1876 
Direct'ry  1801 
Nov.  14,  1835 
May  13,  1840 
July  2,  1870 
Feb.  6,  1841 
June  24,  1824 
Oct.  26,  1878 


Rodney,  Caesar  Augustus, Atty-Gen.,d.june  w,  1824,  a.  53  Mch.  9,  1793 

James  Duval,  Oct.  25,  1856 

Roepke,  Francis  Lambert,                                           July    i,  1882 

Rogers,  George,  Sept.  24,  1881 

George  M.,  Mch.  n,  1862 

George  Washington,  Norristown  Oct.  20,  1859 

John  Ignatius,  May  28,  1864 

Ransom,  May  18,  1867 

William  Horsey,  Dec.  15,  1832 

Roney,  Albert  B.,  May  i,  1880 

James  Beattie,  Dec.  18,  1865 

William  Shippen,  Dec.  30,  1882 

Roper,  Jourdan  W.,                                                      Jan.    4,  1879 

Rose,   Joseph,  Lancaster,  d.  Feb.  17,  1776,  a.  72     Apl.   26,   I75O* 

William  G.,  Mch.  19,  1859 

Rosengarten,  Joseph  George,  May  10,  1856 

Ross,  Clymer,  Mch.  16,  1812 

David  Henry,                                                    Dec.  28,  1878 

George,2                    J.^Lancas1er,d.Julyi4,^7g,a.4q     About     .  1750 

Hugh,                                                       Easton                              Oct. ,  l8oO 

James,       U.  S.  Senator,  d.  Nov.  27, 1847,  "••  8b.  Pittsburg  Oct.     13,  1784 
John,                              of  Chester  Co.,  d.  May  8,  1776,  a.  bz     Aug.  27,  1735* 

John,                          M.  C.  &>J.  S.  C.,  d.Jan.t  1834,  a.  bz  April  — ,  1792 

Richard  M.,                                                         April    i,  1848 

Thomas,                           p.  j.,  Norristown              June    9,  1785 

Thomas  R.,              M.   C.  Ohio,  d.  June  28,  iStx),  a.  So  Mch.     II,  1809 

(Rev.)  Walter,                      Chicago                    Sept.  23,  1868 

William,                                                                 Dec.   — ,  1792 

1  Minutes  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  A.  Y.  M.;  Chester  Co.  Records,  1735. 

2  A  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 


308 


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d.  England,  July  4,  1877,  <*•  & 

P.J.  C.P.,d.Jan  j,  1820 

d    Feb.  2,  18(12,  a.  41) 


Atty-Gen.,  d.  July  30, 1859,  <*•  7Q 
d.  1859,  a.  t>4 


Rothermel,  Peter  Frederick,  Jr., 
Rowes,  Francis,  d.  before  1775 

Rowland,  Joseph  W., 
Rudderow,  Augustus  Janney, 
Ruddiman,  William  Henry, 
Rudolph,  Augustus  S., 
Ruff,  Henry  G., 
Rush,  Benjamin, 

Jacob, 

James  Murray, 

Madison, 

Murray, 

Richard, 

Samuel, 
Russell,  Charles  H., 

George  R., 

John, 

Ruth,  Peter  S., 
Ryan,  James  A., 

Patrick  Joseph, 
Ryerss,  Robert  Wain, 

Saint,  George  W., 
Salinger,  Richard, 
Sallade,  Andrew  M.,  d.  Mch.  s,  1877,  a.  SQ 

Madison, 
Salter,  James  Elden, 

Samuel  A.  J., 
Sample,  Cunningham,  Lancaster 

David,  Lancaster 

oteele,  Lancaster 

Samuel,  John, 

Sanders,   Dallas,         Editor,  and  Special  Counsel 'for  the  U.  S. 

G.  T.  Hubert,  List  of  1855 
Sanderson,  George,  Jr., 

John,  d.  API.  s,  1844 

John  P.,  d.  isbs 

Sanford,   Ezekiel,  Author  U.  S.  &•»  its  Aborigines,  i8ic) 

William  B., 
Sargent,  Henry, 

Winthrop,  Author,  d.  May  18, 1870,  a.  45 

Sarmiento,  Ferdinand  L., 
Satterthwaite,  Benjamin  Cadwalader, 
Saunders,  Henry, 
Savage,  Charles  Chauncey, 

William  LyttletOn,       from  Norfolk,  Va.,Bar 

William  Lyttleton, 


Mch.  25,  1871 
Before  .  1775 
April  21,  1824 
July  10,  1880 
Oct.  20,'  1855 
June  29,  1878 
Nov.  i.  1837 

May  25.  1833 

Feb.  7,  1769 

Dec.  20,  1834 

April  2,  1881 

May  i,  1875 

Dec.  4,  1800 

Feb.  15,  1817 

June  26,  1869 

Oct.  31,  1823 

April  6,  1864 

July  7,  1847- 

Jan.  29,  1876 

July  2,  1881 

Dec.  n,  1856 


June 

Jan. 

May 

June 

Nov. 

Oct. 

Dec. 

Apl. 

June 

Oct. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Nov. 

Sept. 

May 

April 

Oct. 

May 

Oct. 

June 

June 

Dec. 

Feb. 

May 

Mch. 


14,  1834 

3,  1880 

4,  1867 
13,  1866 
29,  1862 
3,  1856 
— ,  1798 

ro,  1772* 
— ,  1796 

21,  1850 

16,  1869 

12,  1852 

5>  1870 

7,  1840 

22,  !858 

8,  1819 

3.  ^74 

6,  1854 

17,  1848 
6,  1863 
3>  J87i 

21,  1867 

3>  1877 
28,  1853 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


309 


Savidge,  Joseph,  June  3,    1868 

Savior,  Henry  D.,  July  i,     1882 

Sayre,  Charles  Henry,  June  14,   1879 

(Rev.  )  James,      Chaplain  British  Army.  d.  1798,11.53  Sept.  ,  I  767* 

Sayres,  Edward  Stalker,          Adm.  as  E.  s.  s.,jr.  Dec.  27,  1873 

Matthias  Richards,  d.  API.  is,  /&6,  at  Chester  June  6,    1816 

Scanlan,  John  Adams,  April  18,  1868 

Schaefer,  Gustave  Robert,  Nov.  6,    1880 

Schaeffer,  Jacob,  July  3,     1858 

Schaperkotter,  J.  Frank,  Mch.    5,    1883 

Scheide,  Millard  Fillmore,  June  18,  1881 

Scherer,  Arthur  Herman,  Sept.  25,  1880 

Schell,  Frank  Reamer,                    Reading  May  28,   1872 
William  Peter,  Aud-Gen.,  Bedford  Co.,  Oct.  8,1845  April  30,  1881 

William  Peter, Jr.,            Pittsburg  June  7,    1872 

Schick,  Rudolph  Martin,  Feb.  19,   1870 
Schmitt.  Maximilian, 
Schnabel,  Ellis  B., 
Schock,  William  Overington, 
Schofield,  Albert  Richardson, 
Schively,  George, 

d.  Sept.  b,  1871 


1864 
1843 


Schott,  Guy  Bryan, 

Schram,  John  M., 

Scollay,  John, 

Scott,  Ebenezer  Greenough,    Author, 

Henry  James, 

Jeremiah  Howard, 

John,  Jr., 

John  M., 

John   Morin, 

Lewis  Allaire, 

Robert  K., 
Screven,  J.  Walter, 
Scull,  Gideon,  Jr., 
Seawell,  James  Many, 
Seckel,  George  Lawrence,1  See  Directories  1847  to  1854 
See,  Abraham  Hilyard,  d.  Mch.s,i88i,a.s^ 

Seguin,  Norcom  L., 
Seitzinger,  Jacob  John  Swift, 
Selden,  Arthur  Cullum, 

George, 

George  Shattuck, 
Sellers,  David  Wampole, 

Eli  G., 

James  Cadwalader, 
Seltzer,  Augustus  C., 


Mayor,  d.  Apl.  3,  1858,  a.  (X) 


San  Francisco,  1860 


Oct. 

April  i. 
Oct.  25',  1856 
Dec.  6,  1849 
May  6,  1809 
Nov.  23,  1844 
June  15,  1878 
April  4,  1874 
June  23,  1860 
June  15,  1878 
Oct.  7,  1876 
June  26,  1880 
Nov.  12,  1881 
Sept.  2,  1811 
Sept.  n,  1841 
May  17,  1834 
June  17,  1882 
June  12,  1856 
Dec.  1 8,  1858 


d.  Apl.  28,  iSjj,  a.  38 


Lt.  Col.qist  P.  Vols. 


Oct.  14,  1847 

June  18,  1881 

Nov.  22,  1856 

Dec.  23,  1876 

Sept.  4,  1817 

Oct.  12,  1867 

May  n,  1854 

May  18,  1867 

Dec.  4,  1876 

Dec..  27,  1873 


1  This  gentleman  was  never  admitted,  but  practised  before  Aldermen. 
40 


310 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


d.  July  25,  1878,  a.  & 
d.  Mck.  7,  1807,  a.  31 

v.,  knudApi.  //, 
d.  Mch.  31,  1872,  a.  53 


Seltzer,  John  Horace,  Doctor  of  Medicine 

Sergeant,  Charles,  d.  May  30,  isbs,  a.  39 

Elihu  Spencer,  d.  Aug.  4,  1824,  a.  38 

George, 

Henry  J.  ,  Reporter,  d.  Apt.  30,  1858,  a.  44 

John,  M.  C.,  LL.D.,  d.  Nov.  23,  1852,  a-  73 

Jonathan  Dickinson,  d.  Oct.  2t>.  1793,  a.  47 
Jonathan  Dickinson, 

Thomas,  /.  S.  C.,  d.  May3,  i8bo,  a.  7Q 

Thomas,  Jr., 

William, 

William,  Coi. 

Serrill,  Isaac  S., 
Seymour,  Edmund  Bayly, 
Shain,  Francis  William, 
Shakespeare,  James  Haman, 
Shallcross,  John, 
Shapley,  Ezekiel  Cooper, 

Rufus  Edmund, 
Sharkey,  Bernard, 
Sharp,  Alexander  Henry, 

Isaac  Shipman, 

Leedom, 

Sharpe,  Robert  J., 
Sharpless,  Casper  Wistar, 

Charles  Frederick, 

Nathan  Hunt, 
Sharswood,  George, 

George,  Jr., 
Shaw,  Francis  B., 

John  Eyre, 

William, 

Sheaff,  George,  Jr., 
Sheahan,  John  C., 
Shearer,  Albert  B., 
Shee,  John, 

Walter  Lewis, 
Shepherd,  Daniel, 
Sheppard,  Furman, 
Sherman,  Charles  P., 
Sherrard,  Francis, 
Shields,  Albert  Stepney  Letchworth, 

Isaac  Hayes, 

Thomas  L., 
Shippen,  Edward, 

Edward,  Jr.  ,        c.  j.,  LL.D.,  d.  API.  ib,  i8ob,  a.  77 

Fran  kl  i  n  ,  d.  Dec.  w,  1863 


LL.D.,  C.  J.  of  Pa,  1878-83 
d.  Apl.  7, 1881,  a.  3r 

Doylestown 

6.  Chester  on  the  Delaware 
3C.R.,33S 


District  Attorney 


drowned  Jan.  23,  1736-7 


Feb.  15,  1868 
Sept.  25,  1852 
April  25,  1808 
April  23,  1853 
April  25,  1839 
July  17,  1799 
Sept.  — ,  1777 
June  n,  1845 
June  8,  1802 
Mch.  21,  1840 
April  21,  1795 
July  13,  1850 
Mch.  13,  1841 
Feb.  17,  1872 
June  27,  1874 
Jan.  3,  1874 
Sept.  17,  1859 
Oct.  n,  1862 
July  7,  1866 
Nov.  29,  1862 
April  9,  1864 
Feb.  12,  1865 
Jan.  22,  1881 
Dec.  30,  1882 
Mch.  23,  1833 
April  7,  1847 
Sept.  22,  1855 
Sept.  5,  1831 
Sept.  23,  1871 
Jan.  10,  1800 
Jan.  29,  1855 
Before  .  1728 
June  10,  1826 
May  28,  1881 
Nov.  26,  1870 
Sept.  4,  1788 
June  5,  1804 
April  21,  1794 
Sept.  7,  1848 
Feb.  19,  1881 
In  prac.  1726 
Dec.  30,  1871 
Feb.  9,  1878 
June  n,  1831 
April  n,  1846 
In  prac.  1748* 
April  17,  1858 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


311 


d.  Sept.,  1805,  a. 34 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
d.  Feb.  4, 171)8,  a.  32 
d.  Apl.  3, 1838,  a.  33 


d.  Nov.  2b,  1822,  a.  44 


Shippen.  John, 

Joseph, 

Thomas  Lee, 

William,  Jr., 
Shober,  Blaithwaite  Jones, 
Shoemaker,  Abraham,  Jr.,    d.  NOV.  /,  1832,  a.  48 

Franklin  G., 

George  Washington, 

Henry,  d.  July  14, 1839,  a.  41 

John  Longstreth,          d.  Dec.  26, 1876,  a.  44 

Joseph  Harold, 

Samuel, 

Thomas  Bitting, 

William  Harrison, 
Shortlidge,  John  Walker, 
Shryock,  William  Knight, 
Shunk,  Casper, 

Samuel  T., 

Sidebotham,  Charles  H., 
Sill,  Joseph, 
Simon,  Frederick  C., 
Simons,  M.  Laird, 
Simmons,  Anthony,  Jr., 

John  B., 
Simonson,  John, 
Simpers,  Robert  N., 
Simpson,  Frank  S., 

John  Alexander, 

John  Alexander,  Jr., 

Louis  McLane, 

M.  Verner, 
Sims,  Clifford  Stanley, 

Daniel  Charles  Heath,      d.  1830,  a  27 

John  Clark,  Jr., 

John  Greene, 

John  Mansfield, 
Sinclair,  John  C., 
Siner,  John  Armstrong, 
Sinn,  Joseph  A. . 
Singer,  Jacob, 
Sinexon,  Thomas, 
Sitgreaves,  Samuel, 
Slape,  Albert  Henry, 
Slaymaker,  Jasper, 
Sleeper,  Edwin, 
Sliver,  William  A., 
Sloan,  John  Hope, 


d.  Jan.  7, 1878,  a.  42 


d.  May  31,  i84b,a.34 
d.  Apl.  II,  i8ib,  a.  st> 


Sec'y  Pa.  R.  R.  Co. 
Washington,  D.  C. 


"Accountant" 
M.  C.,  d.  Apl.  4, 1824,  a.  64 

Salem,  N.J. 
Prosecutor  in  Mayor's  Court 


April  23, 
Oct.    15, 
May    4, 
Sept.    7, 
Sept.   17, 
Sept.   1 6, 
June  14, 
Nov.    8, 
Dec.   20, 
Oct.   1 8, 
June  14, 
Mch.   5, 

July   2, 

June  19, 
Mch.  30, 
Mch.  24, 
Dec.  1 6, 
May  15, 
Mch.  18, 
June  26, 
June  19, 
June  3, 
Sept.  26, 
Jan.  7, 
Dec.  — , 
June  27. 
Dec.  1 6, 
Sept.  17, 
Feb.  8, 
Dec.  4, 
April  3, 
May  26, 
Mch.  12, 
Dec.  19, 
April  13, 
Feb.  n, 
Dec.  2, 
June  14, 
Oct.  30, 

Oct.  22, 

April  30, 
Sept.  — , 
Oct.  24, 
Jan.  — , 
Jan.  6, 
Oct.  21, 
Dec.  17, 


1795 
1864 
1790 

1847 
1806 
1806 

1879 
1879 
1819 
1856 
1879 
1799 
1881 
1880 
1878 
1866 

1854 
1848 
1865 
1813 
1880 
1867 
1822 
1814 

1795 
1874 
1868 

1853 
1879 
1875 
1880 
1860 
1825 
1868 
1813 

1843 
1861 
1879 

1875 
1881 

1853 
1783 
1859 
1821 
1847 
1865 
1866 


312 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Small,  William  Francis, C?/.  2t>thpv.,d. June  13,1877, a. bs 

Smalley,  John, 

Smead,  A.  D.  B., 

Smith,  Abraham  Lewis,  Media 

Allison  O., 

Andrew  Thomas, 

Aubrey  Henry, 

Charles,  LL.D.,  p.  j.,  d.  Mch.  is,  iSsb,  a.  77 

Charles,   Jr.,  AV<<-  York  Bar 

C.  B.  M., 

Charles  Morton, 

Claude  LaSClle,  San  Francisco 

Cornelius  Michael, 
Cyrus  T., 

Daniel,  d.  Sunbury,  Apl.  b,  1810,  a.  41 

Digby, 

Edward  Whitehead,      Mqrristown,  N.J. 

Enoch, 

Frederick,      J.  S.  C.  &>Atty-Gen.,  d.  Oct. ,1830,  a. 57 

George,  M.  c.  i8og  to  1813 

George  Roberts,         d.  May  10.  isbs,  a.  57 

George  Rush,  d.june  23,  isbs 

George  Washington,  d.Api.22,i87b,a.7b 

Gurney, 

Harry  Montgomery, 

Henry  Cavalier, 

Henry  Gano, 

Henry  Hobart, 

Herbert, 

James,  d.  York.Julyil,  i8ob,  a.  Q3 

James,  d.  Mch.  25,  i8ib,  a.  bs 

James  Broom,         lost  at  sea,  API. 3  /SM,  a.  41 

James  Somers, 

James  Somers,  Sen.,     d.jan.  25,  tSbi,a.  79 

John  Rhea, 

Jonathan  Bryan,          d.  Oct.  23, 1872,  a.  82 

Josiah  William, 

J.  Alfred, 

Kenderton,  d.jan.  11,1851, a  49 

Lewis  Wain ,  d.  June  17,  i8Sr,  a.  36 

Miles  C.,  ' 

Patrick,  d.  Aug.  7, 1875,  a.  25 

Patrick  J., 

Persifor  Frazer,     Gen.  U.  S.  A. ,d*.  May  17,1858, a.bo 
Persifor  Frazer,    West  Chester,  d.  May  25, 1882,  a.  74 

Peter  Sken,  d.  May  b,  1857,  *•  fa 

Richard,  Huntingdon,  d.  Oct.  I,  1823.  a.  55 


Aug.  1 6,  1836 
Feb.  26,  1824 
Feb.  8,  1879 
Oct.  15,  1853 
June  17,  i NX 2 
Sept.  24.  iSaS 
Jan.  4,  1X37 
June  — ,  1786 
July  1 6,  1 88 1 
May  14,  1872 
July  i,  1876 
April  29,  1876 
Dec.  4,  1875 
Sept.  9,  1826 
Mch.  1 1,  1790 
Mch.  22,  1827 
Feb.  2,  1856 
Dec.  — ,  1798 
July  6,  1795 
Dec.  — ,  1789 
Nov.  17,  1832 
Juh  8,  1848 
April  23,  1823 
Jan.  6,  1824 
Sept.  7,  1846 
May  5,  1877 
June  23,  1860 
Nov.  2,  1867 
June  14,  1879 
Apl.  15,  1754* 
July  — ,  1776  * 
May  6,  iS4<S 
May  22,  1844 
June  9,  1803 
June  29,  1791 
Jan.  9,  1812 
Oct.  9,  1858 
'Dec.  23,  1876 
May  30,  1822 
Mch.  27,  1868 
Mch.  24,  1812 
June  29,  1872 
Feb.  9,  1861 
Oct.  n,  1819 
April  8,  1830 
May  3,  1851 
Feb.  27,  1792 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


313 


Smith,  Richard*Penn, 
Richard  Rundle, 
Robert  Frazer, 
Robert  Hobart, 
Robert  Wain, 
Sidney  Vanuxem, 
Theodore  DeKlyn, 
Theodore  H., 


d.  Aug.  iz,  1854,  a. 


d.  Feb.  6,  i8zb,  a.  22 


San  Francisco 
d.  Jan.  28,1881,  a.  25 


Jan.    20,  1821 

June    9,  1838 

Nov.    i,  1825 

Oct.   24,  1812 

Jan.    14,  1871 

Sept.    6,  1841 

June  14,  1879 

April  10,  1829 


Thomas,  f.ofs.c.,d.Mch.3r,i8o<),a.b4    Sept.  — ,  1777 

Thomas,  Probably  a  re-admission  of  the  Judge       Nov.    1 6,     1786 

Thomas,    Jr.,  See"  Departed  Saints  of  the  Law"     Before    .      1753 

d.  Oct.  n,  1880,  a.  bg 

d.  Dec.  4,  1871 

d.  Apl.  S,  1841,  a.  32 

d.  Oct.  22,  1873,  a.  75 


Thomas  Duncan, 
Thomas  Laughton, 
Thomas  Learning, 
Thomas  S., 
Uselma  Clarke, 
Walter  George, 
William, 


May  19,  1836 
July  2,  1  8-1  1 
June  n,  1831 
Nov.  13,  1820 
Jan.  16,  1864 
June  30,  1877 
Nov.  —  ,  1739 

William,    C.J.,N.Y.&Canada,d.Dec.3,i7q3,a.b5    Apl.    8,     1761* 


J.,  N.  V.,  d.  Nov.  22, 17b<),  a.  73 


d.  NOV.  12,  isbi,  a  <?/ 
d.  Oct.  q,  iSjq,  a.  44 


d.  Mch.  12,  1821,  a.  b2 


William, 

William  George, 

William  H., 

William  Henry, 

William  Moore, 

William  Mintzer, 

(Gen.  )  William  Rudolph,  d.AUg.23,  r8b8,  a.  81 

William  Rudolph, 

William  Taylor, 
Smithers,  Elias  Primrose, 

S(ch)mucker.  (Rev.)  Samuel  Geiger  Mosheim,1 
Smyth,  Charles  L., 

George  W., 

William  J., 
Snare,  Jacob,  Jr., 

John  Thorn, 
Snowden,  George  Randolph,        Captain  i42d  p.  Vois. 

James  Ross,2  LL.D.,  Author,  d.  Mch.  21,  1878,  a.  t 
Sobernheimer,  Frederick  Alfred, 
Soby,  David  Sleeth, 
Solis,  Isaac  Nathans, 
Solomon,  Henry, 
Southern,  William  S., 
Spackman,  Henry  Cope, 

(Rev.)  Henry  S., 

William  Master, 
Sparhawk,  John,  Jr., 


June  9,  1802 
May  13,  1840 
June  i,  1874 
Feb.  10,  1877 
Mch.  —  ,  1781 
Dec.  29,  1855 
—,  1808 
Oct.  31,  1874 
June  6,  1826 
Nov.  20,  1869 
Jan.  16.  1850 
May  28,  1881 
June  14,  1879 
June  14,  1879 
Dec.  23,  1876 
Dec  21,  1875 
Feb.  2,  1874 
May  20,  1861 
June  15,  1878 

kuiedinbattie,  Aug.  30,^2,0.33  June  15,  1849 

May  i,  1880 
May  26,  1813 
May  9,  1849 
Jan.  16,  1864 
April  n,  1832 
June  14,  1879 
July  2,  1881 


Treat.  Pa.  steel  Co, 
d.  Feb.  Q,  is?s,  a.  6 


1  LL.D.,  Author,  d.  1863,  a.  41. 

2  Speaker  of  the  House  Rep.,  Pa.,  1842. 


Director  of  the  Mint,  1853. 


314 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Spayd,  John,  P.J.,  Reading              "Nov.  — ,  1788 

Speakman,  Edward,  June  21,  1856 

Thomas  Henry,  June  19,  1844 

Spence,  James  K.,  May    6,  1848 

Spencer,  Howard,  July   13,  1844 

John,  d.  Aug.  4,1824               Feb.   21,  1794 

John  Thompson,  Oct.   16,  1869 

Joseph  Austin,  April  n,  1846 

Spering,  Joshua,  d.  Dec.  2, 1873,  a.  &            May    7,  1845 

Spiese,  George  Washington,  Dec.   13,  1865 

Spink,  James  Eugene,  May  27,  1871 

Sprague,  Judson  R.,  Oct.    15,  1870 

Spring,  Marshall  Binney,  half-brother  to  Horace  Binney,  $*•-'  June    9,  1815 

Springer,  Levi  H.,  July    6,  1857 

Sproat,  Harris  L.,  d.  June  iq,  1872,  n.  38           June  26,  1852 

Sprogel,  Howard  O.,  Jan.     5,  1878 

Sprogell,  Marshall,  d  May  25,1880,  a.  73           June  21,  1828 

Hutchinson,  June  28,  1873 

Sprong,  David  H.,  June    5,  1856 

Staake,  William  Heaton,  Mch.  14,  1868 

Stan  ton,  James  L.,  Jan.    24,  1880 

Stapler,  John  W.,  July   10,  1847 

Stark,  Walter  S.,  Mch.  16,  1867 

Starr,  James,               Col.  o/u.  s.  v.,  d.  Sept.  /,  issi,  a.  45   Oct.    6,  1860 

St.  Clair,  Arthur,  Jr.,      son  of  the  Gen.,  d.  Sept.  26, 1820     April  21,  1794 

Stedman,  Charles,  Jr.,  Before   .  1778 

John,                              son  of  Alex., d.  Dec.  12, 1773,  a.  22     Aug.      1 ,  1773 

Stehr,  George  Washingto^n,  Sept.  16,  1878 

Stein,  Charles  C.,  '  Oct.    4,  1873 

Stehvagon,  Weightman,  June    5,  1880 

Stephens,  William  A.,  Mch.  10,  1849 

Sterigere,  John  Brant,      NorHstown,M.  c.  1827-31, d.  /sjs   Oct.    18,  1832 

Stern,  Simon,  Author,  New  York        June    6,  1859 

Stetler,  William  Henry,  June  26,  1880 

Stevens,  Henry  Alexander,  Norristown                Jan.    13,  1844 

Stevenson,  Cornelius,  Mch.  18,  1865 

James  Hunter,  Dec.   24,  1870 

Maxwell,  Oct.   31,  1874 

Moses,  Dec.    2,  1882 

Steward,  John  W.,  Oct.   15,  1881 

Stewardson,  Thomas,  Jr.,  Dec.   17,  1852 

Stewart,  Abraham,  Jan.     7,  1854 

Alexander  Murray,  Nov.   14,  1853 

Robert  E.,  Dec.  — ,  1802 

Thomas  M.,  May  20,  1854 

Thomas,  Jr.,  Oct.    22,  1825 

William,  Dec.    i,  1821 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


315 


Stewart,  William  Moore,  Jr.,  June   18,  1881 

Stille,  Charles  Janeway,  LL.D.  Provost,  University  of  Pa.    Oct.     3,    1842 

John,  Jr.,  Sept.  26,  1825 

Louis  Richard,           Ca.pt.  23*  u.  s.  infantry  May  18,    1861 

Stillwell,  James  C.,  Oct.   31,   1874 

Stilz,  Charles  Frederick,  Feb.    3,    1872 

Stockley,  Daniel  Grover,  Nov.    9,    1863 

Stoever,  Jefferson  Frederick,  d. June 22, 1864,  a. so  Mch.  26,  1836 

William  Caspar,  Oct.   28.    1876 

Stokes,  Edwin  Lawrence,  June  20,   1857 

John  Woolman,  June    7,    1856 

William  Axton,            d.  May 3, 1877,  a.  63  June    6,    1840 

Stone,  David  Hanley,               Police  Magistrate  Sept.  28,  1872 

James  Newton,  Jr.,  Dec.    27,  1873 

Stones,  Andrew  Brimmer,  Oct.    12,   1835 

Story,  Thomas,        Master  of  Roils,  d.  Sept.  21, 1742,  a.  80  About    .    1700 

Stork,  Theophilus  Baker,  Nov.    4,    1876 

Stotharcl,  William  G.,            d.  Jan.  12, 1831,  a.  24  Jan.     3,    1829 

Stover,  Lewis,  Dec.    17,  1852 

Owen,  April  28,  1832 

William  Bainbridge,  Oct.   29,   1870 

Stout,  Alexander  M.-,  May  31,   1873 

Strassburger,  Jacob  A.,  June  12,  1875 

Stratton,  (Rev.)  Joseph  B.,  Oct.    16,   1837 

Straube,  Maximilian,  Sept.  16,  1865 

Strawbridge,  Stockton,  June    2,    1828 

William  Correy,  Mch.    i,    1873 

Streeter,  Barzillai,                          Montrose?  June  10,  1830 

Strobel,  (Rev.)  George,          d.  Oct.  26,1874,  a  74  Feb.   25,   1828 

.Strong,  George  B.,  Oct.    3,     1842 

John  Miskey,  June   17,  1882 

Nathan, ,  Feb.    19,  1841 

William";  LL.D.,J.  s,  c.ofpa.and  u.  s.    Oct.    3,    1832 

Stroud,  (Rev.)  George  Daniel,  Capt.soth  pa.  cavalry  June   3,    1863 

George  McDowell,/.  D.  c.,d.june 29, sSrs.a.so    June  28,  1819 

Struthers,  James  R.,                Mauck  chunk,  Pa.  Sept.    3,    1836 

Stuart,  David  T.,  Nov.  18,  1871 

John,  Dec.   24,  1839 

Stutzbach,  Martin  Herman,  April  4,    1874 

Sulger,  Isaac,  Oct.    23,  1841 

John  E.,  Dec.    2,    1882 

Sullivan,  George  Strobel,  Oct.    8,     1881 

John  M.,  Nov.  n,   1858 

John  Turner  Sargent,   d.  Dec.  30, 1848,  a.  36  Dec.    19,  1840 

Sulzberger,  Mayer,  Sept.  16,  1865 

Sutherland,  (Dr.)  Joel B.,y.<&^/.  c.,d.Nov.is,i8bi,a.7o  Mch.  30,  1819 

Thomas  W.,  Aug.    3,    1839 


316 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAH 


Sutton,  William  Henry, 
Swaby,  John  Haigh, 
Swain,  Charles  Moseley, 
Svvayne,  Charles, 

Franklin, 
Swift,  Charles, 

(Col.)  John, 

Robert  Eglesfield  Griffith, 

William, 

William  Fowler, 
Swope,  William  P., 
Sword,  (Rev.)  John, 
Sykes,  Robert  Wharton, 
Sypher,  Josiah  Reinhardt, 

Taite,  Frank  Gulliss, 
Talbot,  D.  Smith, 
Tallman,  Thomas  Woodward, 
Tanner,  Thomas, 
Tarr,  Augustus  DeKalb, 

Elihu  Duplissis, 
Tate,  Joseph, 
Tatham,  George  North, 
Taylor,  Alfred, 

Charles  Cathcart, 

Carter  Berkeley, 

Edward  L. , 

Enoch, 

Francis  G., 

Franklin, 

Harry  S., 

John  Bonsall, 

John  D., 

Mordecai, 

Samuel  Lei  per, 

Thomas  B., 

Thomas  B., 

William  Bower, 

William  McCool, 
Teakle,  Edward  L., 
Tel  fair,  Isaac, 
Teller,  Oscar  Benjamin, 
Temple,  Benjamin  Leofric, 
Tenbrook,  Abraham, 
Tener,  Hugh  W., 

Kinley  John, 
Tennant,  Sidney, 


Feb.     7,    1863 

April  14,  1847 

Nov.   25,  1871 

June  24,   1871 

Dec.    10. 

d.  Oct.  8,  i8ir,  a.  56 

Mch.    6,    1779 

*yor,  d.  June  t),  1873,  a.  83 

Mch.  16,  1811 

iffith,           d.  1870,  a.  74 

Dec.    13,  1820 

May  20,  1819 

d.  at  Bristol,  Pa. 

April  12,  1827 

April  3,    1880 

April  18.  1868 

d.  Sept.  13,  i&75,  a.  80 

Sept.    5,    1816 

Oct.    7,    1871 

April   3,    1880 

June  24,   1882 

rd, 

Oct.   24,   1792 

Nov.    17,  1868 

d.  June  i,  1862,  a,.  34 

June   26,  1840 

d.  Dec.  13,  1851 

Oct.    7,    1833 

Nov.    5,    1816 

April  18,  1829 

New  York 

Oct.    7,     1880 

d.  Mch.  14,  jSSo,  a.  35 

April  10,  1869 

Sept.  16,  1878 

Dec.    8,    1832 

Late  Sheriff 

July   10,    1841 

June  18,   1881 

Jan.    u,    1844 

June  19,   1880 

Oct.    9,    1875 

May    2,    1829 

d.  Mch.  7,  1849,  *•  55 

Dec.  '  15,  1829 

May  20,    1852 

Feb.    7,    1849 

Oct.    9,    1875 

Nov.  15,  1843 

Mch.  12,  1881 

April    7,    1831 

Mch.    6,    1790 

Nov.   12,  1881 

d.  Mch  28,  1881,  a.  39 

April   7;    1864 

Oct.   26,   1816 

Sept.    7,    1844 

May    7,     1864 

July    14,   1849 

d.  Ridley,  Pa. ,  1836,  a.  72 
See  I  Watson's  Annals,  317 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 

Tennery,  Joseph  S.,  d.  Dec. 5,1880,0.74 

Terry,  Henry  C., 
Tharp,  Eugene  Horace, 

Thomas  Horace, 
Thayer,  John  Borland, 

Martin  Russell,  M.  c.  &>  P.  j.  of  c.  P. 

Thackara,  Alexander, 
Tharin,  Reuben  S., 
Thole,  Francis  H., 
Thomas,  Benjamin  M., 

Edward  J.  Bayliss,      d.jan.  29, 1881,  a.  so 

Elijah, 

Evan, 

Harvey, 

Israel, 

Jacob, 

John  Chew, 

John  Moylan, 

Joseph, 

Joseph  Tuley, 

Samuel  Hinds, 

Samuel  Salters, 
Thompson,  Aaron, 

Frank  I., 

George, 

Henry  C., 

John, 

John  G., 

Lewis  B., 

Newcomb  Butler, 

Oswald, 

^Richard  S., 

Ross, 

Samuel  Gustine, 

Samuel  L., 

William  Allen, 
Thomson,  Alexander  Hamilton,  d.jan.  9, 1831,  a. 

Charles  Rockland ,       d.  Sept.  s,  1843,  «•  33 

George  Henry,  d.  API.  ZQ,  1863,  a.  & 

Thorn,  George  W., 
Thornton,  John  T. , 

Richard  Hopewood, 
Tilghman,  Benjamin,  d.  May 30, i8so,a.6s 

Benjamin  Chew,  Col.  zbth  P.  v. 

Edward,  d.  NOV.  /,  1815,  a.  65- 

James,  rf.  Aug.  24, 1793,  a.  76 

Richard,  See  Chester  Co.  Bar 

41 


P.  J.,  d.  Jan.  25,  i8bb,  a.  37 
Carlisle,  d.  when  young 


317 

May  5,  1832 
Mch.  16,  1867 
April  23,  1860 
Sept.  24,  1870 
June  13,  1859 
Sept.  5,  1842 
July  2,  1870 
Feb.  6,  1869 
July  15,  1882 
Sept.  9,  1831 
Dec.  4,  1858 
June  22,  1861 
May  4,  1791 
Mch.  13,  1830 
Sept.  6,  1850 
Dec.  31,  1859 
Dec.  15,  1787 
June  24,  1854 
May  15,  1789 
Nov.  27,  1838 
Dec.  1 8.  1880 
July  2,  1859 
Feb.  12,  1845 
Dec.  4,  1877 
Mch.  — ,  1786 
Oct.  12,  1859 
Feb.  6,  1864 
May  21,  1836 
July  3,  1869 
Nov.  26,  1870 
Mch.  28,  1832 
Mch.  8-,  1862 
Dec.  — ,  1782 
Jan.'  19,  1861 
Feb.  25,  1871 
Oct.  — ,  1800 
Sept.  24,  1827 
Nov.  13,  1830 
Feb.  27,  1830 
April  8,  1848 
Dec.  2,  1876 
Dec.  6,  1879 
Jan.  9,  1806 
Dec.  9,  1842 
Aplterm  1774* 
About  .  1761 
Feb.  — ,  1772 


318 


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Tilghman,  William,      LL.D.,  c.j ,d.  Apt.  29, 1827, a. 71    Sept.    i,  1794 

William  McMurtrie,  Dec.   12,  1836 

Tilton,  Curtis,  June  30,  1877 

Tim,  David,         .  New  York  Nov.    12.  1870 

Tindall,  Joseph  R.,  June    5,  1875 

Tindel,  Adam,  June  13,  1874 

Titus,  Henry  Clay,  Editor  May    8,  1869 

John,  C.J.  of  Arizona,  d.  Oct.  IQ,  1876,  a  .64     Dec.    27,  1842 

Tobias,  Joseph  Orlando,  N.Y.aty  Oct.    6,  1852 

Thaddeus,  d.  Dec.  29, 1833, «  ^  Dec.  13,  1851 

Tobin,  Francis  Tracy,  Dec.  31,  1881 

Tod,  William  H.,  d.  July  31, 1833,  a.  bz  Dec.    7,  1793 

Todd,  David  S.,  Dec.  26,  1835 

James,  P.J  ,Atty-Gen.,  d.  Sept.  3,  1863,  «•  77      Dec.     26,  1835 

James,  Jr.,  Sept.  20,  1853 

John,  Jr./        d.  Oci.24,im3,a-3°  Mch.  — ,  1785 

Moses  Hampton,  Jan.    23,  1869 

William  P.  M.,  Dec.  '18,  1869 

Tolan,  William  Eisen,  Jan.    8,  1881 

Toland,  George  Washington,  M.  c.  1837*01843  Oct.    5,  1819 

Tolson,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Jan.   31,  1880 

Toner,  John  Jacob,  Oct.    4,  1873 

Toomey,  John  Augustus,  Oct.    12,  1872 

Torrey,  Jason,  May   10,  1862 

Tower,  Charlemagne,  Jr.,  Nov.    9,  1878 

Townsend,  Charles  Henry,  Feb.  28,  1877 

Franklin,  April  4,  1874 

George  Washington,  June   27,  1874 

Henry  Clay,  Sept.    7,  1844 

James  Price,  Oct.     3,  1874 

Joseph  Brevitt,  Dec.   12,  1842 

Urie,  Mch.    i,  1879 

Towson,  William  Gambel,  April   i,  1871 

Tracy,  Henry  M.,  Oct.    15,  1881 

Traill,  Robert,  of  Easton  Bar  May  — ,  1789 

Traquair,  Samuel  Henderson,  d.  Jan.  17, 1853,  a-4*  Sept.  12,  1834 

Tread  well,  Francis  C.,  Oct.    12,  1850 

Trimnel,  David  S.,  d.  NOV.  ib,  1850,  a.  23  July    6,  1850 

Troubat,  Francis  Joseph,    Author, d. June ig.i&bs.a.ty  Dec.   22,  1823 

Troutman,  George  H.,  Feb.*  5,  1862 

Trumbore,  Henry,  Oct.   14,  1882 

Trunkey,  William  Garvin,  Barren  Co.  Jan.   28,  1882 

Tryon,  Joseph  S.,  Sept.    5,  1825 

Tschudy,   Martin,"     killed  at  Gettysburg,  July  3,  i8b3,a.38    Sept.    i,  1851 

Tull,  Joseph  Letherbury,  Oct.   14,  1870 

Tullot,  Andrew,  Sept.  — ,  1799 

Turner,  Franklin  P.,  Mch.    9,  1848 

1  His  widpw  married  President  Madison.     2Lt.  Col.  69th  Penna.  Volunteers. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


319 


Turner,  Joseph  C.,  Sept.  17,  1859 

William  Anthony,    d.  N.  \  -..jan.i,  7830,  a.  65  Direct'ry  1828 

T  wells,  John  Steel,  June    3,    1858 

Twibill,  Thomas  P.,  June  18,   1881 

Tybout,  Thomas  Maxwell,       d.  Aug.  3,  1832,  a.  22  Sept.    8,    1830 

Tyler,  John,  Gov.ofVa.,d.jan.b,i8i3,a.t>s  Sept.  —  ,  1799 

John,   Jr.  ,  Son  of  President  Tyler  Aug.     14,    1852 

Robert,  Son  of  President  Tyler,  d.  Dec.  3,  1877   July     22,     1844 

Sidney  F.,  Feb.    9,     1878 

Tyson,  Carroll  Sargent,  'June  14,   1862 

Job  Roberts,  M.  c.,d.june27,  jsjs,  a.  J4  Sept.    8,    1827 

Joseph  Washington,    A  sst.  p.  M.  Gen.,  is^  Jan.  31,    1835 

Samuel  H.,  Oct.   26,   1839 

Uhle,  John  Bethell,  Oct.   n,   1873 

Uhler,  Peter  G.,  June    7,    1824 

Ulman,  Hezekiah  C.,  Dec.    9,    1862 

Umstead,  Francis  G.  Q.,  April   8,    1854 

Umsted,  Abraham  Olwine,  June    3, 


U.  S.   District- Attorney 

Bristol,  Pa. 
d.  Dec   12,  1853 


d.  Feb.  12,  r& 


Vail,  Lewis  De  Pui, 
Valentine,  John  King, 
Van  Amringe,  Henry  H., 
Van  Arsdalen,  Joel  M., 
Van  Beil,  Solomon  C., 
Van  Buren,  Thomas  G., 
Van  Buskirk.  George  Miller, 
Vancleve,  Frederick  A., 

John  Wright, 
Vanderslice,  Thaddeus  L., 

John  M., 

Vanderveer,  John  M., 
Van  Dusen,  George  R., 
Van  Dyke,  James,  d.  Jan.,  1775^.32 

James  C. ,  Jr. ,  u.  s  Dist.  Atty,  d.  Aug.  25, i&t>t>,  a.  51  Dec. 

Nicholas,  Delaware,  d.  Feb.  IQ,  1789,  a. 

Van  Horn,  Charles  F.,  * 

M.  A.  De  L., 

Van  Kleeck,  Adolph  A., 
Vannost,  John, 
Van  Reed,  John,  Jr.,1 
Van  Rensselaer,  Robert, 
Van  Sant,  E.  Newton, 

Simpson  T., 

Van  Tronk,  Herman  B., 
Van  Voorhis,  James  S., 


d.  Mch.  10,  1804,  a. 


1876 


1858 
1857 

1835 
1858 
1851 

1844 
1879 
1864 
1797 
1871 
1869 
1848 
1879 
1765 
1838 

May  — ,  1765* 
Feb.'  i,  1879 
Dec.  23,  1882 
July  6,  1878 
Sept.  30,  1778 
Direct'ry  1803 
April  5,  1826 
Oct.  22,  1859 
May  21, 
Nov. 
Oct. 


May  8, 
Sept.  8, 
June  6, 
Jan.  16, 
Nov.  .5, 
Jan.  26, 
June  14. 
April 
Nov. 
Feb. 
May 
May 
June 
Aug. 


1853 
26,  1870 

2,      1875 


1  Agent  General  for  the  U.  S.  under  the  Treaty  with  Great  Britain. 


320  MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 

Van  Zandt,  George  H.,  Sept.  22,  1855 

Vaux,  George,  <*./»/* /7, /5j6, «. 56  Sept.  15,  1800 

Richard,1    P.  G.  M.  Grand  Lodge  of  Pa.,  F.  &>  A.  M.  April    15,    1837 

Veale,  Moses,  Jr.,  Bvt.  Major  u.  s.  Vois.  Nov.   25,  1856 

Venables,  Thomas,*       .vm.pa  Arch™*,  zd  Series  ,263  Before   .    1740 

Vincent,  Frederick,  from  Norfolk,  Va.  Sept.  27,  1845 

Vogdes,  James  Calbreath,     d.  API.  14,  /<&>/,  a  jj  Dec.    2,    1846 

John  Reynolds,  d.Feb.io,i8tx>,a7t  Jan.     6,    1820 

William,  Jan.     7,    1832 

William,  Jr.,  d.Aj>i.it>,i877,a.4s  Sept.  17,1853 

Vogel,  Frederick  Baynard,  Feb.   24,   1872 

Voss,  George  W.,  Dec.   23,  1876 

Waddell,  William  Bell,  West  Chester  June    3,    1856 

Wade,  James,  i>.  PMiada ,  17^3  Oct.    4,    1784 

Wagner,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Dec.    5,    1868 

Charles  Mackinet,  </.  Mch.  7,  1883  Oct.    18,   1845 

George  M.,  July    i,     1882 

Jacob,  Editor,  d.Jan.  20, 1823,  a.  53  June     5,      1793 

Samuel,  Jr.,  Nov.    4,    1865 

Thomas,  Jr.,  Sept.  18,  1867 

William  L.,  Dec.    4,    1875 

Waite,  Robert  N.,  Sept.   17,  1853 

Wakeling,  Edmund  D.,          d.  Feb.  zt,  1870, a.  28  Sept.  20,  1862 

Samuel,  Sept.  16,  1865 

Wakemah,  Edgar  B.,  Nov.  20,  1841 

Wales,  John,  U.  S  Senator,  d.  Wilmington,  Dec. 3, 1863  Jan.      9,      1813 

Walker,  George  A. ,  d.  June  is,  1870,  a.  st>  April  1 7,  1844 

Horatio  Nelson,  d.  Feb. ,18.77.  "-34  Jan.     7,    1865 

John  Pennington.  April    2,    1881 

Jonathan,  P.  j.  Oct.  — ,   1789 

Joseph  Brewster,  May    6,    1837 

Robert  JarvisC.,  M.C.  Oct.   20,   1859 

William  Cornell,  Oct.   22,   1836 

Wall,  Joseph  F.,  June  16,   1877 

Wallace,  Henry  Edward,    Editor,  d.  Feb.  23, 1879,  a.  64  May  21,   1836 

Henry  Edward,  Jr., ,.       New  York  aty  Dec.    2,    1876 

Horace  Binney,      Author,  d.  Dec.  /6,  /$$?,  a. 36  April    8,    1840 

Irwin  M.,  May   13,   1858 

James  Madison  Power,3  June    6,    1868 

James  Wilson,  April  25,  1833 

John  Bradford,     Reporter,  d  Jan.  7, 1837,  a. 38  Dec.    9,    1 799 

John  William,  LL.D., Author s* Reporter  u. s. s.  c.  Oct.    27,   1836 

William,  Oct.  — .   1792 

1  President  of  the  Board  of  Inspectors  of  the  Eastern  Penitentiary. 

2  Thomas  Venables,  who  died  January  26,  1731,  was,  perhaps,  the  lawyer. 
See  his  tomb  in  Christ  Church;  and  also  "Departed  Saints  of  the  Law." 

*  Publisher  and  Proprietor  of  the  Legal  Intelligencer. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


321 


Wallace,  William, 

Sept.    6,    1864 

William  H.  H., 

May    i,     1875 

William  W., 

d.  Feb.  20,  1854,  a.  40 

Jan.    10,    1846 

Wain,  Edward, 

Sept.    6,    1834 

Jacob  Shoemaker, 

?  d.  1840. 

June    8,    1803 

Nicholas, 

d.  Sept.  20,  1813,  a.  72 

Oct.   8,    1762* 

Robert  Wood, 

Jan.     7,    1871 

Samuel  Morris, 

Dec.    4,    1880 

Walsh,  Robert,  Jr.,1      LL.D 

.,  Editor,  d.  Feb.  7,  1859,  a-  7& 

April    7,    1810 

William  S., 

April  10,  1875 

Walton,  Edwin, 

Jan.     7,    1871 

Henry  F., 

Oct.    4,     1879 

James  M., 

May   17,    1862 

Morgan  M., 

Jan.   29,    1876 

William  S., 

d.  July  10,  1843,  a  33 

June   16,   1841 

Waples,  Rufus, 

Delaware 

May   18,   1861 

Ward,  George  S., 

Jan.   17,    1863 

Henry  Galbraith, 

Sept.  15,  1873 

John  A., 

Oct.   15,    1881 

John  Joseph, 

d.   Oct.  10,  1882,  a.  27 

Oct.   28,   1876 

Warner,  Charles  Dudley, 

Author 

Mch.    9,    1858 

Yardley, 

Dec.   22,  1838 

Warren,  Harvey  C., 

d.  July  25,  1870,  a.  ss 

Jan.    18,   1868 

Henry  M.  , 

Dec.   10,  1881 

Joseph, 

Sept.  25,  1875 

Lucius  Henry, 

Bvt.  B.  G.  U.  S.  Vols. 

May   17,  1879 

Warriner,  Henry  Ryland, 

4f  Jan.  31,1873,  a   48 

May   1  6,   1857 

Warrington,  Edward  E., 

Delaware 

June  28,   1832 

Warwick,  Charles  Franklin. 

Dec.    3,  ,1872 

Washburn,  John  M., 

Jan.     8,     1881 

Washington,  Edward  C., 

Dec.  n,   1845 

Wm.  Herbert, 

Feb.    3,    1877 

Waters,  David  Rittenhouse, 

d  Sept.  4,  1813,  a.  22 

Mch.   3,    1812 

Watmough,  Edward  Coxe, 

d.  July  14,  1848,  a.  27 

Oct.   29,   1842 

Edward  Carmick, 

d.  fan.  23,  1848,  a.  si 

Sept.  29,  1823 

Watson,  Edward  A., 

Sept.  16,  1834 

Edward  B., 

June  19,   1869 

Frank, 

June  1*9,   1869 

Henry  W., 

Mch.  12,  1881 

Thomas, 

Dec.   29,  1860 

Thomas  Stordy, 

April    7,    1877 

WattS,   David,                              Carlisle,  d.  Sept.  23,  1810,  a.  tf 

Sept.  13,  1790 

Henry  Miller, 

U.  S    Minister,  Austria 

Sept.  22,  1838 

John  Shoenberger, 

Sept.   21,  1872 

Stephen,               d.  17 

88,  a.  51  ;  see  Berks  Co.  Bar 

May  10,   1769 

Waxier,  William  Hall, 

Jan.    19,   1861 

Way,  Francis  R., 

Dec.    7,    1863 

1  Compiler  of  an  English  and  Classical  Dictionary,  Burlington,  N.  J.,  1813. 


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See  Chester  County  List 
d.   Oct.  15,  tSbS,  a.  36 


J. ,  d.  Oct.  22,  /7p6,  a.  79 
Killed  in  battle  in  Revolution 


Wayland,  Francis  Lincoln, 
*  Wayne,  Isaac,  M.  c ,  d.  Oct.  23, 1852,  a.  83 

Weatherly,  David,  Jr., 
Weatley,  Lewis  Charles, 
Weaver,  Philip  V., 
Webb,  Bainbridge  H., 

Isaac, 

John, 

Thaddeus, 

Thomas  Oscar, 
Webster,  David, 
Weeks,  Horace  Francis, 
Weiand,  Henry  A., 
Weidman,  Mason, 
Weight  man,  Stelwagon, 
Weigley,  Joseph, 

William  Wallace, 
Weimer,  Albert  B., 
Weil,  Edward  Henry, 
Weiss,  Lewis  William, 
Weiser,  Jay  G., 
Weitzell,  Casper, 
Welch,  James  C., 
Weldon,  Frank  Thomas, 

Wells,  John  Craig,  irPa .  Archives, 420,  d.  before  1817 

John  Dagworthy, 

Lewis  E. ,  d.  July  2f,  1874,  a.  74 

Lewis  S., 

Richard  W., 
Welsh,  Joseph  R. , 

Samuel  A., 

William  Henry,  York,  Pa. 

West,  George  Spencer, 

James,  Jr., 

James  Mortimer,         Sw'jr   Times  Publishing  Cn. 

James  McMain, 

Joseph  English, 

Joseph  Van  Sise, 

William  Nelson,  aty  Solicitor 

Westbrook,  Richard  B., 
Westcott,  Francis  H., 

George  B.,  WayneCo.,<i.Nov.28,i83b,a.3J 

Gideon  Granger, 
John  H., 

Thompson,1  Editor  &  Author 

Wetherill,  Charles, 

Christopher,  Jr., 


June  25,  1881 
June  2,  1795 
Jan.  6,  1847 
Sept.  — ,  1783 
June  15,  1878 
Oct.  21,  1865 
Dec.  3,  1830 
About  .  1740* 
June  10,  1859 
June  28,  1856 
Dec.  23,  1843 
June  30,  1877 
Nov.  7,  1868 
Nov.  ii,  1865 
June  5,  1880 
Dec.  — ,  1797 
May  14,  1867 
Nov.  4,  1882 
June  17,  1857 
Dec.  — ,  1755 
June  19,  1880 
May  n,  1769 
Nov.  12,  1845 
July  12,  1872 
Nov.  15,  1788 
Jan.  n,  1822 
Feb.  6,  1823 
July  14,  1860 
Jan.  2,  1824 
Mch.  ,6,  1871 
Dec.  30,  1871 
Oct.  3,  1849 
Oct.  3,  1857 
Dec.  13,  1838 
Oct.  19,  1861 
Feb.  1 8,  1871 
Jan.  25,  1851 
Mch.  i,  1879 
Oct.  17,  1868 
Dec.  i,  1877 
June  22,  1 86 1 
Feb.  14,  1829 
Nov.  6,  1858 
June  ii,  1881 
Nov.  10,  1841 
Oct.  3,  1874 
Oct.  30,  1875 


Author  of  the  History  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  &c. 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


323 


Wetherill,  Samuel,  Oct.   17,    1848 

William  Delany,  June  30,  1868 

Wharton,  (Rev.)  Francis,  Author  Dec.    9,    1842 

Fishbourne,  Jr.,  June    2, 

George  Mifflin,   u. s. Dist.Atty,d.Feb.5,i8-to,a. 64  Sept.    8, 


d.  Nov.  n,  1880,  a.  J4 

Coroner,  Chester  Co.  Records 

d.  1835,  a.jb 


Henry, 

John, 

John  Saltar, 

Lloyd, 

Richard, 

Robert  Owen,  d.juiyjo,  1832,  a.  31 

Thomas  Isaac,  d.  API.  7, 1836,  a.  65 

Thomas  I., 
Wheeler,  Charles,  d.juneib,  1858,  a.  71 

Jacob  D., 

John  Howell, 
Whetham,  Charles  H., 
Whitall,  John  M., 

White,    CliffordS.,  d.  May 31,  1870,  a.  jo 

Clement  Brooke,         d.  Mch.  20,  /&?/,  a.  29 
D.  Jarrett, 
Edward  Wagner, 

John,  Atty-Gen.,  d.  1794 

John, 

John  J. ,  d.  API.  id,  1879,  a.  71 

JohnW., 

Richard  P., 

Thomas,     P.  J.  of  Indiana  Co.,  d.  July  22,  i8bb,  a..  67 

Thomas  Earle, 


1830 
1827 
1849 
1741 


June  6, 
In  prac 
June  19,  1822 
Mch.  13,  1822 
June  —  ,  1786 
Mch.  24,  1827 


Oct. 

July 

Mch. 

Dec. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

June 

May 

June 


1812 
1882 
1811 
1818 

1845 
1870 
1867 
1870 
1880 


23 

4, 

12 

3, 
3> 
14, 

5, 

April  14,  1860 

June  5,  1848 

Oct.  25,  1683 

June  26,  1858 

April  7,  1834 

Jan.  18,  1868 

Mch.  13,  1860 

May  26,  1820 

Nov.  i,  1879 


Thomas,  Jr. ,  Should  be  as  in  C.  P.,  'Ihomas  Hart, Jr.    April    14,    l86o 
Townsend,1  Chester  Co.Rec.,  Warden  of  Christ  Church    In     prac.     1742 


Thomas  W., 

Upton  Heath, 

William, 

William,  Jr., 
Whitebread,  William, 
Whitehead,  Gerrard  Irvine, 

William  H., 
Whitehill,  Robert,  Jr., 
Whiteside,  Elisha  M., 
Whitman,  William  E., 
Whitlock,  Henry  C., 
Whitton,  Joseph  M.  B., 
Wickersham,  Cadwalader  Morris, 

George  Woodward, 
Wickoff,  Henry,  d.  Feb.  21,1826,0.36 


d.  Dec.  20, 1838,  a.  48 
See  Chester  County  List,  d.  1772 


Lancaster 


d.  July  30, 1875,  a.  74 


Sept.  23,  1822 
May  i,  1880 
Dec.  15,  1866 
July  2.1,  1831 
About  .  1755* 
Jan.  19,  1861 
Feb.  24, 

7. 
i, 


July 

April 


1866 

1795 
1865 


Sept.  1 8,  1830 
Sept.  19,  1881 


May 
Jan. 
April 
Mch. 


i. 

6. 

3> 

10. 


1880 

1847 
1880 
1791 


Merchant,  Philadelphia,  died  New  York,  1793. 


324 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR 


Wickoff,    Henry,  Author,  >    The  Chevalier  Wikotf"     Sept.      8,     1834 

Peter,  Jr.,  d.  Sept.  17, 1848,  a.  74  July   24,    1800 

Wignall,  Charles  F.,  Oct.     i,    1881 

Wilbur,  Horace  P.,  d.Stpt.2t>,i8So,a.4s  Feb.  28,    1871 

Wilcocks,  Alexander,  </.  July  22, /&>/,  a.  t>o  Ap'l  n,  1765* 

Samuel,  d. . Wch.zz,  1824,  a. 39  Mch.    2,    1806 

Wilcox,  Thomas  Hamlin,  April  12,  1862 

Wiler,  Alfred  Day,  Dec.  10,    1881 

Wiley,  William  R.,  July    5,     1879 

Wilkins,  William,        sec'yof  w«r,d.  June 23,1^5,  a.  &>    Sept. — ,  1801 

William  Wood,  Sept.  19,  1792 

Wilkinson,  Alfred  J.,  Oct.    4,     1879 

John  James,  Feb.   26,   1876 

William,  d.  Oct.  /6, 1834,  <*•  (>•*  Direct'ry  1850 

Willard,  Edward,  Nov.   16,  1867 

Edward,  Jr.,  April    i,    1882 

Willett,  John  S.,  June    7,     1808 

Williams,  Albert  Borden,  July    7,     1877 

Carroll  R.,  June  19,  1880 

David,  of  New  York  April  30,  1859 

Duane,  Nov.  24,  1855 

Ellis  D.,  Oct.    10,  1868 

Henry  Jonathan,         d.  Mch.  u,  /Sjg,  a.  88  Dec.     i,    1815 

James  Stephens,  Sept.  29,  1877 

John  Quincy,  June   29,  1872 

John  Worthington,   Editor, d.  Aug.  zq,  1837,*.  34     Feb.    3,    1826 

John  Worthington,  June    6,    1859 

Joseph  Henry,  Oct.   13,    1877 

Richard  J.,  May  13,    18=54 

Robert  J.,  June   18,   1881 

Samuel  Worthington,  Dec.    4,    1875 

William  Henry,  April  20,  1861 

Williamson,  Edward  Hand,  Nov.    7,    1854 

John  Miller,  Delaware  Dec.  20,   1873 

William  von  Albade,  Jan.     9,    1875 

Willing,  George  Charles,  d.  0^.30,1834  Mch.  28,  1816 

Thomas,          M.  c.,j.  s.  c.,  d.jan.  /0, 1821,  a.  8q   About   .    1 754 

Willis,  Thomas,  Direct'ry  1800 

Willson,  Robert  Newton,  May    7,     1864 

Wilson,  Albert  Lapsley,  Oct.     7,    1871 

Alexander,  ?d.  Api.  18, 1882,  a.  sq  June'    2,    1847 

Alexander  C.,  Oct.    18,   1845 

Andrew  Porter,  Huntingdon  May    6,    1850 

Benjamin  P.,  June   25,   1870 

Bird,  P.J.,LL.D.,  D.  D.,d.  Apt.  I4,t8sq,a.82     Mch.    13,    1797 

Ellwood,  Jr.,  Feb.   25,  1871 
James,  LL.D., justice  u.s.  s.  c.,d.  Aug. 28,17^3, *.jt>    Nov.  — ,   1767 


OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


325 


Col.  7 ist  P. 


Author,  deceased 


Wilson,  James  Reed,  d.  Dec.  24,  rfyi,  a.  os 

John, 

John  L., 

Peter  M., 

Theodore  M., 
Wiltbank,  William  White, 
Winship,  Richard  Collard, 
Winter,  William  Harrison, 
Wireman,  Henry  D.j 
Wirgman,  Franklin  McCrea, 
Wise,  William  Grant, 
Wistar,  Isaac  Jones, 
Wister,  William  Rotch, 

William  Wynne,  Jr., 
Witherop,  J.  Willis, 
Withey,  Griffith  J., 
Witmer,  Theodore  B., 
Wolbert,  John  A., 

Wolf,   George.  Gov.,d.  Mch.  14,  1840,  a.  63 

Wolfe,  Frank, 

James  High, 
Wolff,  Otto, 
Wolgamuth,  Francis  F., 
Wollaston,  George  W., 
Wood.  Edward  Randolph, 

George  Randolph, 

Henry  B., 

John  S., 

Richard  C., 

Richard  Francis, 

Thomas, 

William  H., 
Woods,  John, 
Woodward,  Byron, 

Edwin  A., 

Evan  Morrison, 

George  A., 

George  W., 

Henry, 
Woolery,  Nimrod,  Jr., 


d.  Aug.  12,  1881,  a.  64 


d.  1880,  a.  jj 
Dauphin  Co.  Bar 

d.  Chicago,  Dec.  ib,  1882,  a.  46 
Author,  Ellisdale,  N.  J. 


C.  J.,  d.  May  q,  187 J,  a   66 

d.  Feb.  27,  1878,  a.  26 

Mantua,  N.J. 

Wooten,  Alfred  R., 

Worrell,  Edward  Randolph,  d.  Sept.  13, 1882, a. 38 

Joseph.  of  Trenton,  N.J. ,    Worrall? 

Thomas  Jefferson,          aty  Solicitor,  i8tx) 
Wright,  John  Wandesford, 

Jonathan,  Pottsvtiu,  Pa. 

Richardson  Little,   Jr., 

42 


Nov.   26, 
June  13, 
Sept.  29, 
Nov.    1 8, 
Jan.     7, 
Feb.    17, 
Sept.  17, 
Dec.    14, 
April  14, 
June  14, 
June  18, 
Feb.    20, 
Oct.     6, 
Sept.    i, 
June   18, 
Oct.    24, 
Sept.   9, 
Tune  15, 
Sept.  — , 
Dec.  10, 
Sept.  28, 
Mch.  1 8, 
April  12, 
Mch.    5, 
June  22, 
Sept.   22, 
April   9, 
June    3, 
June    7, 
June    7, 
Oct.    6, 
April  9, 
June  — , 
April  15, 
April   9, 
April  19, 
Sept.  20, 
In.  prac. 
Oct.   31, 
Nov.  30, 
Feb.    6, 
Dec.   13, 
Before   . 
JSov.  29, 
Feb.   1 1 , 
July   26, 


1827 
1868 
1877 

1794 
1865 
1866 
1864 
1861 
1866 
1879 
1881 
1858 
1849 
1862 
1881 
1829 

1843 
1863 
1799 
1861 
1872 
1876 
1879 
1847 
1861 
1860 

1853 
1812 
1814 

1873 
1849 
1881 
1783 
1854 
1859 
1853 
1859 
1868 

1874 
1872 
1858 
1865 

1775 
1862 

1871 
1860 
1869 


326 


MARTIN'S  BENCH  AND  BAR. 


Wright,  Thomas, 

William  R., 
Wrigley,  Benjamin  Paxson, 

William  C., 
Wurts,  Alexander,  Ficmington,N.j. 

John,  M.  C.,  d.  in  Rome,  Apl.  23,  1861 

John  S., 

Wyckoff,   Peter,  Easton  Bar,  i8st> 

Yarnall,  Ellis  H., 
Yarrow,  John  Dowdney, 
Yeates,  Jasper, 

Jasper,  Lancaster,  J.  S.  C.,  d.  Mch.  14,  1817,  a.  72 

Yerger,  Henry  B., 

Yerkes,  Charles  J. ,  d.jan.  4, 1883,  a.  26 

William   H.,  Major  rjqthP.  V.  &>J.  C.  P. 

Young,   John,  P.J.  Indiana  Co.,  d.  about  1840 

John  F., 

Montgomery  Pike,1   <i.  in  Mexico,  Oct.  s,  1847 
Samuel, 

Samuel  Charles, 
Samuel,  Jr., 
Yocum,  Isaac  De  Haven, 


Zacherle,  Albert  E., 
Zane,  Abraham  Van  Hoy, 

Andrew,  Jr., 

Charles, 
Zantzinger,  Ernest, 

Henry, 

Thomas  Barton, 
Zerbe,  Charles  M., 
Zeigler,  Charles  Frederick, 
Zeilin,  (^Col.)  John  Kotzebue, 
Zook,  Thaddeus  Stevens, 
Zug,  Henry  M., 


d.  June  zq,  1851,  a.  39 
d.  Dec.  tq,  1847,  a.  71 


d.  Aug.  b,  1876,  a.  73 


Cumberland   Co. 


Feb.  4,  1842 

Jan.  4,  1879 

Oct.  4,  1862 

Nov.  3,  1877 

Nov.  29,  1819 

Oct.  2,  1816 

Sept.  22,  1824 

Dec.  10,  1850 

April  14,  1866 
Oct.  3,  1874 
About  .  1 705 
Oct.  8,  1765* 
June  18,  1881 
June  21,  1879 
Oct.  28, 
Jan.  8, 
Dec.  3, 
Oct.  27, 
Oct.  — , 


1865 
1786 
1870 
1836 
1789 


April  24,  1792 
Dec.  — ,  1789 

Nov.  25,  1871 


Oct. 

May 

Feb. 

April 

April 

June 

April 

May  19, 

Sept.  6, 

April 

May 


14, 
4, 
3> 

22, 
II, 


1879 
1858 

1857 
1874 


IO, 
26, 

April  30, 


1833 
1797 

1866 
1871 
1827 
1860 
1881 


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sylvania Volunteers  in  the  War  with  Mexico. 


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